I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2486 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for health data regarding 
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2011 
Ms. BORDALLO
(for herself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. HONDA, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. LEE of 
California, and Ms. CHU) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
health data regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pa-
cific Islanders. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native Hawaiian and 
Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 
HEALTH DATA. 
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 317T the following: 
‘‘SEC. 317U. NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC IS-
LANDER HEALTH DATA. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY GROUP.—The term ‘commu-
nity group’ means a group of NHOPI who are orga-
nized at the community level, and may include a 
church group, social service group, national advocacy 
organization, or cultural group. 
‘‘(2) NONPROFIT, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANI-
ZATION.—The term ‘nonprofit, nongovernmental or-
ganization’ means a group of NHOPI with a dem-
onstrated history of addressing NHOPI issues, in-
cluding a NHOPI coalition. 
‘‘(3) DESIGNATED
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘designated organization’ means an entity estab-
lished to represent NHOPI populations and which 
has statutory responsibilities to provide, or has com-
munity support for providing, health care. 
‘‘(4) GOVERNMENT
REPRESENTATIVES.—The 
term ‘government representatives’ means representa-
tives from Hawai‘i, American Samoa, the Common-
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wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of 
Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 
‘‘(5) NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND OTHER PACIFIC 
ISLANDERS OR NHOPI.—The term ‘Native Hawai-
ians and Other Pacific Islanders’ or ‘NHOPI’ means 
people having origins in any of the original peoples 
of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of 
Micronesia, Guam, Hawai‘i, the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, or any 
other Pacific Island. 
‘‘(6) INSULAR AREA.—The term ‘insular area’ 
means Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mar-
iana Islands, American Samoa, the United States 
Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
the Republic of Palau, or the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the National Center for 
Health Statistics (referred to in this section as 
‘NCHS’) of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, and other agencies within the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services as the Sec-
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retary determines appropriate, shall develop and im-
plement an ongoing and sustainable national strat-
egy for identifying and evaluating the health status 
and health care needs of NHOPI populations living 
in the continental United States, Hawai‘i, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, 
the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In developing and imple-
menting a national strategy, as described in para-
graph (1), not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific 
Islander Health Data Act of 2011, the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall consult with representatives of 
community groups, designated organizations, 
and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations 
and with government representatives of NHOPI 
populations; and 
‘‘(B) may solicit the participation of rep-
resentatives from other Federal departments. 
‘‘(c) PRELIMINARY HEALTH SURVEY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of NCHS, shall conduct a pre-
liminary health survey in order to identify the major 
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