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senting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity; 
and 
‘‘(B) consideration of available data and 
language standards such as— 
‘‘(i) the standards for collecting and 
reporting data under section 3101; and 
‘‘(ii) the National Standards on Cul-
turally 
and 
Linguistically 
Appropriate 
Services of the Office of Minority Health 
within the Department of Health and 
Human Services. 
‘‘(c) FUNDING AND STAFF.—The Secretary shall en-
sure the effectiveness of the Office of Health Disparities 
by ensuring that the Office is provided with— 
‘‘(1) adequate funding to enable the Office to 
carry out its duties under this section; and 
‘‘(2) staff with expertise in— 
‘‘(A) epidemiology; 
‘‘(B) statistics; 
‘‘(C) health quality assurance; 
‘‘(D) minority health and health dispari-
ties; 
‘‘(E) cultural and linguistic competency; 
‘‘(F) civil rights; and 
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‘‘(G) social, behavioral, and economic de-
terminants of health. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2017, 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in collaboration 
with the Director of the Office for Civil Rights and the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
that includes— 
‘‘(1) the number of cases filed, broken down by 
category; 
‘‘(2) the number of cases investigated and 
closed by the office; 
‘‘(3) the outcomes of cases investigated; 
‘‘(4) the staffing levels of the office including 
staff credentials; 
‘‘(5) the number of other lingering and emerg-
ing cases in which civil rights inequities can be dem-
onstrated; and 
‘‘(6) the number of cases remaining open and 
an explanation for their open status. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2017 through 2022. 
‘‘SEC. 3442. ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH PROGRAM OF-
FICES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WITHIN FEDERAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
civil rights compliance offices in each agency within the 
Department of Health and Human Services that admin-
isters health programs. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE OF OFFICES.—Each office established 
under subsection (a) shall ensure that recipients of Fed-
eral financial assistance under Federal health programs 
administer their programs, services, and activities in a 
manner that— 
‘‘(1) does not discriminate, either intentionally 
or in effect, on the basis of race, national origin, lan-
guage, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, sexual orienta-
tion, and gender identity; and 
‘‘(2) promotes the reduction and elimination of 
disparities in health and health care based on race, 
national origin, language, ethnicity, sex, age, dis-
ability, sexual orientation, and gender identity. 
‘‘(c) POWERS AND DUTIES.—The offices established 
in subsection (a) shall have the following powers and du-
ties: 
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‘‘(1) The establishment of compliance and pro-
gram participation standards for recipients of Fed-
eral financial assistance under each program admin-
istered by an agency within the Department of 
Health and Human Services including the establish-
ment of disparity reduction standards to encompass 
disparities in health and health care related to race, 
national origin, language, ethnicity, sex, age, dis-
ability, sexual orientation, and gender identity. 
‘‘(2) The development and implementation of 
program-specific guidelines that interpret and apply 
Department of Health and Human Services guid-
ance under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
and section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act to each Federal health program 
administered by the agency. 
‘‘(3) The development of a disparity-reduction 
impact analysis methodology that shall be applied to 
every rule issued by the agency and published as 
part of the formal rulemaking process under sections 
555, 556, and 557 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(4) Oversight of data collection, analysis, and 
publication requirements for all recipients of Federal 
financial assistance under each Federal health pro-
gram administered by the agency; compliance with, 
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at a minimum, the 1997 Office of Management and 
Budget Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and 
Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity; and 
consideration of available data and language stand-
ards such as— 
‘‘(A) the standards for collecting and re-
porting data under section 3101; and 
‘‘(B) the National Standards on Culturally 
and Linguistically Appropriate Services of the 
Office of Minority Health within the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services. 
‘‘(5) The conduct of publicly available studies 
regarding discrimination within Federal health pro-
grams administered by the agency as well as dis-
parity reduction initiatives by recipients of Federal 
financial assistance under Federal health programs. 
‘‘(6) Annual reports to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
on the progress in reducing disparities in health and 
health care through the Federal programs adminis-
tered by the agency. 
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