Title: AHEAD Act of 2020
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Assimilating Health and Equity Assessments into Decision-making of 2020 or AHEAD Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) to study, and make certain recommendations concerning, the use of health impact assessments or other tools to evaluate the effect of proposed federal legislation on health and health disparities.
When developing recommendations to incorporate these tools into the federal legislative process, the National Academies must consult with the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional Research Service.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7510 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7510

     To provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences, 
   Engineering, and Medicine on 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, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2020

 Mr. Cox of California (for himself, Mr. Trone, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, 
 Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Engel, and Ms. Porter) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences, 
   Engineering, and Medicine on 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, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Assimilating Health and Equity 
Assessments into Decision-making of 2020'' or ``AHEAD Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. STUDY TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF USING TOOLS TO MEASURE THE IMPACTS 
              OF PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON HEALTH AND HEALTH 
              DISPARITIES.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this 
section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall enter into an 
arrangement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and 
Medicine (or, if the National Academies decline to enter into such 
arrangement, with another appropriate entity such as the National 
Academy of Public Administration) under which, not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Academies (or 
other appropriate entity) will complete a study--
            (1) to 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;
            (2) to formulate recommendations on integrating such tools 
        into the Federal legislative process to achieve better 
        population health outcomes;
            (3) to formulate recommendations on how behavioral and 
        nudge research on the health and equity effects of policies may 
        translate into evaluative tools for policymakers; and
            (4) in consultation with the Comptroller General of the 
        United States, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, 
        and the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to 
        formulate recommendations on how such tools should be 
        incorporated into the Federal legislative process.
    (b) Tools To Be Considered.--The tools considered under the study 
under subsection (a) shall include health impact assessments, and may 
include any other tools of analysis that analyze the potential impacts 
on health and health disparities of incorporating the findings of such 
reviews and analyses of proposed Federal legislation and accompanying 
budgetary scores.
    (c) Specific Populations To Be Considered.--The study under 
subsection (a) shall consider the impacts described in such subsection 
on health and health disparities within specific populations including 
communities of color, youth, women, older adults, sexual and gender 
minorities, individuals living in rural and Tribal 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) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the 
results of the study under subsection (a).
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