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January 1 thereafter, the Joint Working Group on 
Telehealth shall submit to Congress a report on the 
status of the Group’s mission and the state of the 
telehealth field generally. 
(b) REPORT SPECIFICS.—The annual report required 
under subsection (a)(3) shall provide— 
(1) an analysis of— 
(A) the matters described in subsection 
(a)(2)(B); 
(B) Federal activities with respect to tele-
health; and 
(C) the process of the Joint Working 
Group on Telehealth’s efforts to coordinate 
Federal telehealth programs; and 
(2) recommendations for a coordinated Federal 
strategy to increase health care access through tele-
health. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to enable the Joint Working Group on Tele-
health to carry out this section.
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TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act (including the amendments 
made by this Act other than the amendments made by 
subtitles A through G of title I): 
(1) APPROPRIATE
HEALTHCARE
SERVICES.— 
The term ‘‘appropriate healthcare services’’ includes 
services or treatments to address physical, mental, 
and behavioral diseases, conditions, or syndromes. 
The definition contained in this paragraph shall not 
apply for purposes of sections 206 and 606. 
(2) HEALTH.—The term ‘‘health’’ includes oral 
health and dental hygiene. 
(3) HEALTH PROFESSION.—The term ‘‘health 
profession’’ includes mental and behavioral health 
professions. 
(4) HISPANIC.—The term ‘‘Hispanic’’ means 
individuals whose origin is Mexican, Puerto Rican, 
Cuban, Central or South American, or any other 
Spanish-speaking country. 
(5) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’, unless other-
wise designated, means any person who is a member 
of an Indian tribe
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(6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other orga-
nized group or community, including any Alaska Na-
tive village or group or regional or village corpora-
tion as defined in or established pursuant to the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), which is recognized as eli-
gible for the special programs and services provided 
by the United States to Indians because of their sta-
tus as Indians. 
(7) LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT.—The term 
‘‘limited English proficient’’ with respect to an indi-
vidual means an individual who cannot speak, read, 
write, or understand the English language at a level 
that permits them to interact effectively with clinical 
or nonclinical staff at a healthcare organization. 
(8) MINORITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘minority’’ 
and ‘‘minorities’’ refer to individuals from a mi-
nority group. 
(B) POPULATIONS.—The term ‘‘minority’’, 
with respect to populations, refers to racial and 
ethnic minority groups.
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(9) MINORITY
GROUP.—The term ‘‘minority 
group’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘racial and 
ethnic minority group’’. 
(10) RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUP.— 
The term ‘‘racial and ethnic minority group’’ means 
American Indians and Alaska Natives, African 
Americans (including Blacks), Asian Americans, 
Hispanics (including Latinos), and Native Hawai-
ians and other Pacific Islanders. 
(11) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(12) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several states, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Indian tribes, 
the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(13) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘tribal 
organization’’ means the elected governing body of 
any Indian tribe or any legally established organiza-
tion of Indians which is controlled by one or more 
such bodies or by a board of directors elected or se-
lected by one or more such bodies (or elected by the 
Indian population to be served by such organization) 
and which includes the maximum participation of 
Indians in all phases of its activities.
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(14) 
UNDERREPRESENTED
MINORITY.—The 
terms ‘‘underrepresented minority’’ and ‘‘underrep-
resented minorities’’ refer to individuals who are 
members of racial or ethnic minority groups that are 
underrepresented in the health professions relative 
to their numbers in the general population. 
(15) UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.—The term 
‘‘underserved population’’ means the population of 
an urban or rural area designated by the Secretary 
as an area with a shortage of personal health serv-
ices or a population group designated by the Sec-
retary as having a shortage of such services. 
SEC. 802. DAVIS-BACON ACT. 
All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors 
or subcontractors in the performance of construction work 
financed in whole or in part with assistance under this 
Act (or an amendment made by this Act), including cap-
ital financing assistance, or grants or loan guarantees 
from the Safety Net Infrastructure Trust Fund (estab-
lished under section 2952C of the Public Health Service 
Act), shall be paid wages at rates not less than those pre-
vailing on similar work in the locality involved as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with sub-
chapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act). The Sec-
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retary of Labor shall have, with respect to such labor 
standards, the authority and functions set forth in Reor-
ganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 
Stat. 1267) and section 3145 of title 40, United States 
Code. 
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