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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7618 
To establish a grant program to provide funds for health care entities to 
establish or improve bias and anti-racism training to help reduce racial 
and ethnic disparities in COVID–19 testing, treatment, health outcomes, 
and vaccine access. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2020 
Ms. ADAMS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to provide funds for health 
care entities to establish or improve bias and anti-racism 
training to help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in 
COVID–19 testing, treatment, health outcomes, and vac-
cine access. 
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 ‘‘COVID–19 Bias and 
Anti-Racism Training Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. BIAS AND ANTI-RACISM TRAINING GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall award grants to hospitals; community 
health centers; other health care providers; State, local, 
territorial, and Tribal public health departments; Tribal 
organizations (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5304)); urban Indian organizations (as defined in section 
4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1603)); medical, nursing, social work, and other health 
professional schools; and other appropriate public or pri-
vate nonprofit entities (or consortia of entities), for the 
purpose of supporting bias and anti-racism training to re-
duce racial and ethnic disparities in COVID–19 testing, 
treatment, health outcomes, and vaccine access. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 
subsection (a) may use such grant funds to establish a 
bias and anti-racism training program, or improve or ex-
pand an existing such program, in accordance with the 
requirements of subsection (c), for individuals who— 
(1) provide health care services to COVID–19 
patients and potential COVID–19 patients, as a 
physician or other health care professional, or as a 
medical or other health care professional student; or 
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(e) REPORT ON GRANT IMPACT AND DISSEMINATION 
OF BEST PRACTICES.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date on which the last of the grant periods awarded under 
this section ends, the Secretary shall— 
(1) submit a report to Congress that de-
scribes— 
(A) the impact of the grants awarded 
under this section on reducing racial and ethnic 
disparities in COVID–19 outcomes; 
(B) best practices used by recipients of 
grants under this section; and 
(C) obstacles faced by recipients of grants 
under this section in reducing racial and ethnic 
disparities in COVID–19 outcomes; and 
(2) disseminate information on best practices 
used by recipients of grants under this section to in-
terested parties, including health care providers; 
medical and other health professional schools; rel-
evant State, local, territorial, and Tribal agencies; 
and the general public. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For pur-
poses of carrying out this section, there are authorized to 
be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2020 and 2021. 
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