SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assessing Health Eval-
uations to Advance Decision-making Act of 2022’’ or the 
‘‘AHEAD Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDY TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF USING TOOLS TO 
MEASURE THE IMPACTS OF PROPOSED FED-
ERAL LEGISLATION ON HEALTH AND HEALTH 
DISPARITIES. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall enter into an arrangement with the National 
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘National Academies’’) (or, 
if the National Academies decline to enter into such ar-
rangement, with another appropriate entity such as the 
National Academy of Public Administration) under which 
the National Academies (or other appropriate entity) will 
complete a study to— 
(1) examine the potential benefits on population 
health outcomes of incorporating into the Federal 
legislative process tools that measure the impacts of 
proposed legislation (including in areas outside of 
health care) on health and health disparities; 
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(2) formulate recommendations on integrating 
such tools into the Federal legislative process to 
achieve better population health outcomes; 
(3) formulate recommendations on how behav-
ioral and nudge research on the effects of health dis-
parities may translate into evaluative tools for pol-
icymakers; and 
(4) consider, with input from the Comptroller 
General of the United States, the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office, and the Director of the 
Congressional Research Service, how such tools 
could be incorporated into the Federal legislative 
process. 
(b) TOOLS TO BE CONSIDERED.—The tools consid-
ered under the study under subsection (a) shall include 
health impact assessments, and may include any other 
tools of analysis, particularly such tools related to impacts 
on health and health disparities. 
(c) SPECIFIC POPULATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED.— 
The study under subsection (a) shall consider the impacts 
described in such subsection on health and health dispari-
ties within specific populations, including racial and ethnic 
minority groups (as defined in section 1707(g) of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g))), youth, 
women, older adults, sexual and gender minorities, individ-
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uals living in rural communities, individuals living in rural 
Tribal or urban Indian communities, individuals living in 
regions with persistent poverty, individuals with co-morbid 
conditions, individuals with disabilities, individuals who 
are homeless, and individuals involved with the criminal 
justice system, among others. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL
AND REGULATORY PROCESS 
OPTIONS.—The study under subsection (a) shall consider 
how assessments of potential population health outcomes 
could be incorporated into Federal legislative and regu-
latory processes, including by evaluating options with re-
spect to— 
(1) methodological tools for evaluating evi-
dentiary standards across multiple disciplines and 
the potential benefits and negative effects of a pro-
posed policy; 
(2) the processes and considerations for pre-
paring a population health outcomes report, includ-
ing time, resources, community consultation, and 
competencies required to review relevant scientific 
literature; 
(3) entities that conduct population health out-
comes reports by comparing the experiences of State 
and local jurisdictions that have incorporated health 
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impacts assessments in legislative or regulatory 
processes; and 
(4) potential uses of a population health out-
comes report in the Federal legislative and regu-
latory processes. 
(e) REPORT.—The arrangement under subsection (a) 
shall provide for the submission of a report on the results 
of the study under such subsection, not later than 30 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, to the 
Secretary, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives. 
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