Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5942
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2018-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Blood and blood diseases
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Census and government statistics
Child health
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Dental care
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental health
Family planning and birth control
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Hawaii
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hereditary and development disorders
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical ethics
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Prescription drugs
Racial and ethnic relations
Radiation
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
U.S. territories and protectorates
Violent crime
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: 

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to the health of minority populations, including provisions to improve data collection, health literacy, health workforce diversity, and overall access to health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, the Judiciary, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Introduced in House