order to support the modernization of data collection 
methods and infrastructure for the purposes of increasing 
data related to health inequities, such as racial, ethnic (in-
cluding breakdowns of major ethnic groups and Tribal af-
filiations within minority populations), socioeconomic, sex, 
gender, age, geographic region, primary written and spo-
ken language, sexual orientation, occupation, and dis-
ability status disparities. The Secretary shall— 
(1) provide guidance, technical assistance, and 
information to grantees under this section on best 
practices regarding culturally competent, accurate, 
and increased data collection and transmission; and 
(2) track performance of grantees under this 
section to help improve their health inequities data 
collection by identifying gaps and taking effective 
steps to support States, localities, and territories in 
addressing the gaps. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
on which the first grant is awarded under this section, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate an initial report detailing— 
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(1) nationwide best practices for ensuring 
States and localities collect and transmit health in-
equities data; 
(2) nationwide trends which hinder the collec-
tion and transmission of health inequities data; 
(3) Federal best practices for working with 
States and localities to ensure culturally competent, 
accurate, and increased data collection and trans-
mission; and 
(4) any recommended changes to legislative or 
regulatory authority to help improve and increase 
health inequities data collection. 
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 
2023, the Secretary shall— 
(1) update and finalize the initial report under 
subsection (b); and 
(2) submit such final report to the committees 
specified in such subsection. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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SEC. 123. ADDITIONAL REPORTING TO CONGRESS ON THE 
RACE AND ETHNICITY RATES OF COVID–19 
TESTING, HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND MORTALI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than August 1, 2020, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to 
in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall submit to the 
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate an 
initial report— 
(1) describing the testing, positive diagnoses, 
hospitalization, intensive care admissions, and mor-
tality 
rates 
associated 
with 
COVID–19, 
disaggregated by race, ethnicity (including break-
downs of major ethnic groups and Tribal affiliations 
within minority populations), age, sex, gender, geo-
graphic region, primary written and spoken lan-
guage, disability status, sexual orientation, socio-
economic status, occupation, and other relevant fac-
tors as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) including an analysis of any variances of 
testing, positive diagnoses, hospitalizations, and 
deaths by demographic characteristics; and 
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(3) including proposals for evidenced-based re-
sponse strategies to reduce disparities related to 
COVID–19. 
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 
2024, the Secretary shall— 
(1) update and finalize the initial report under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) submit such final report to the committees 
specified in such subsection. 
(c) COORDINATION.—In preparing the report sub-
mitted under this section, the Secretary shall take into ac-
count and otherwise coordinate such report with reporting 
required under section 103 and under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Health and Human Services—Office of the 
Secretary—Public Health and Social Service Emergency 
Fund’’ in title I of division B of the Paycheck Protection 
Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 
116–139; 134 Stat. 620, 626). 
TITLE II—EQUITABLE TESTING 
AND TRACING 
Subtitle A—Free Testing for 
Patients 
SEC. 201. SOONER COVERAGE OF TESTING FOR COVID–19. 
Section 6001(a) of division F of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5 note) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘beginning on or after’’ and inserting 
‘‘beginning before, on, or after’’. 
Subtitle B—National Testing 
Strategy 
SEC. 211. COVID–19 TESTING STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than June 15, 2020, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall update the COVID– 
19 strategic testing plan under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary— 
Public Health and Social Service Emergency Fund’’ in 
title I of division B of the Paycheck Protection Program 
and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–139, 
134 Stat. 620, 626–627) and submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees such updated national plan iden-
tifying— 
(1) what level of, types of, and approaches to 
testing (including predicted numbers of tests, popu-
lations to be tested, and frequency of testing and the 
appropriate setting whether a health care setting 
(such as hospital-based, high-complexity laboratory, 
point-of-care, mobile testing units, pharmacies or 
community health centers) or non-health care setting 
(such as workplaces, schools, or child care centers)) 
are necessary— 
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