EHDC Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8200
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2020-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Air quality
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
American Samoa
Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Child health
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Community life and organization
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Detention of persons
Disability and health-based discrimination
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Guam
Hawaii
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 programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Immunology and vaccination
Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Minority education
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Northern Mariana Islands
Nursing
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Strategic materials and reserves
Student aid and college costs
U.S. territories and protectorates
Unemployment
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Veterans' medical care
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: 

Ending Health Disparities During COVID-19 Act of 2020 or the EHDC Act of 2020

 
This bill expands COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief efforts, expands data collection and health literacy, supports research, promotes diversity in the health professional workforce, increases access to telehealth and other health care, and otherwise addresses the health of minority populations and immigrants.
 
For example, the bill provides funding for emergency aid and services, grants to address COVID-19 health inequities, grants to address social determinants of health, and payments for language services. It also expands COVID-19 testing and contact tracing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Labor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, House Administration, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Small Business, 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: 2020-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-09-11
text: Introduced in House