[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 989 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 989

  To eliminate the prerequisite of direct appropriations relating to 
collection of health data and to modify standards for measuring sexual 
                    orientation and gender identity.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2013

  Mr. Schatz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To eliminate the prerequisite of direct appropriations relating to 
collection of health data and to modify standards for measuring sexual 
                    orientation and gender identity.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Health Disparities 
Data Collection Act''.

SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR MEASURING SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY 
              IN COLLECTION OF HEALTH DATA.

    Section 3101(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300kk(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``sexual orientation, 
        gender identity,'' before ``and disability status'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting ``sexual orientation, 
        gender identity,'' before ``and disability status''; and
            (3) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ``sexual orientation, 
        gender identity,'' before ``and disability status''.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF PREREQUISITE OF DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS FOR DATA 
              COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.

    Section 3101 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300kk) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (h); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (h).
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