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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Health Equity and Accountability
through Research Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES.

(a) Redesignation.--
(1) In general.--Title IV of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 401(b)(24), by striking ''National
Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities'' and
inserting ''National Institute for Minority Health and
Health Disparities''; and
(B) in subpart 6 of part E--
(i) in the subpart heading, by striking
''Center'' and inserting ''Institute'';
(ii) in the headings of sections 485E and
485H, by striking ''center'' and inserting
''institute''; and
(iii) by striking (other than in section
485E(i)(1)) the term ''Center'' each place it
appears and inserting ''Institute''.
(2) References.--Any reference in any law, map, regulation,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities shall
be deemed to be a reference to the National Institute for
Minority Health and Health Disparities.
(b) Duties; Authorities; Funding.--Section 485E of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287c-31) is amended--
(1) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
''(e) Duties of the Director.--
''(1) Interagency coordination of minority health and
health disparity activities.--With respect to minority health
and health disparities, the Director of the Institute shall
plan, coordinate, and evaluate research and other activities
conducted or supported by the institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health. In carrying out the preceding
sentence, the Director of the Institute shall evaluate the
minority health and health disparity activities of each of such
institutes and centers and shall provide for the periodic
reevaluation of such activities. Such institutes and centers
shall be responsible for providing information to the
Institute, including data on clinical trials funded or
conducted by these institutes and centers.
''(2) Consultations.--The Director of the Institute shall
carry out this subpart (including developing and revising the
plan and budget required by subsection (f) in consultation with
the heads of the institutes and centers of the National
Institutes of Health, the advisory councils of such institutes
and centers, and the advisory council established pursuant to
subsection (j).
''(3) Coordination of activities.--The Director of the
Institute--
''(A) shall act as the primary Federal official
with responsibility for coordinating all research and
activities conducted or supported by the National
Institutes of Health on minority or other health
disparities;
''(B) shall represent the health disparities
research program of the National Institutes of Health,
including the minority health and other health
disparities research program, at all relevant executive
branch task forces, committees, and planning
activities; and
''(C) shall maintain communications with all
relevant agencies of the Public Health Service,
including the Indian Health Service, and various other
departments and agencies of the Federal Government to
ensure the timely transmission of information
concerning advances in minority health disparities
research and other health disparities research among
these various agencies for dissemination to affected
communities and health care providers.'';
(2) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
''(f) Strategic Plan.--
''(1) In general.--Subject to the provisions of this
section and other applicable law, the Director of the
Institute, in consultation with the Director of NIH, the
Directors of the other institutes and centers of the National
Institutes of Health, and the advisory council established
pursuant to subsection (j), shall--
''(A) annually review and revise a strategic plan
(referred to in this section as 'the plan') and budget
for the conduct and support of all minority health
disparity research and other health disparity research
activities of the institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health that include time-based
targeted objectives with measurable outcomes and assure
that the annual review and revision of the plan uses an
established trans-National Institutes of Health process
subject to timely review, approval, and dissemination;
''(B) ensure that the plan and budget establish
priorities among the health disparities research
activities that such agencies are authorized to carry
out;
''(C) ensure that the plan and budget establish
objectives regarding such activities, describe the
means for achieving the objectives, and designate the
date by which the objectives are expected to be
achieved;
''(D) ensure that all amounts appropriated for such
activities are expended in accordance with the plan and
budget;
''(E) annually submit to Congress a report on the
progress made with respect to the plan; and
''(F) create and implement a plan for the systemic
review of research activities supported by the National
Institutes of Health that are within the mission of
both the Institute and other institutes and centers of
the National Institutes of Health, including by
establishing mechanisms for--
''(i) tracking minority health and health
disparity research conducted within the
institutes and centers assessing the
appropriateness of this research with regard to
the overall goals and objectives of the plan;
''(ii) the early identification of
applications and proposals for grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements
supporting extramural training, research, and
development, that are submitted to the
institutes and centers that are within the
mission of the Institute;
''(iii) providing the Institute with the
written descriptions and scientific peer review
results of such applications and proposals;
''(iv) enabling the institutes and centers
to consult with the Director of the Institute
prior to final approval of such applications
and proposals; and
''(v) reporting to the Director of the
Institute all such applications and proposals
that are approved for funding by the institutes
and centers.
''(2) Certain components of plan and budget.--With respect
to health disparities research activities of the agencies of
the National Institutes of Health, the Director of the
Institute shall ensure that the plan and budget under paragraph
(1) provide for--
''(A) basic research and applied research,
including research and development with respect to
products;
''(B) research that is conducted by the agencies;
''(C) research that is supported by the agencies;
''(D) proposals developed pursuant to solicitations
by the agencies and for proposals developed
independently of such solicitations; and
''(E) behavioral research and social sciences
research, which may include cultural and linguistic
research in each of the agencies.
''(3) Minority health disparities research.--The plan and
budget under paragraph (1) shall include a separate statement
of the plan and budget for minority health disparities
research.'';
(3) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
''(h) Research Endowments.--
''(1) In general.--The Director of the Institute shall
carry out a program to facilitate minority health and health
disparities research and other health disparities research by
providing research endowments at--
''(A) centers of excellence under section 736; and
''(B) centers of excellence under section 485F.
''(2) Eligibility.--The Director of the Institute shall
provide for a research endowment under paragraph (1) only if
the institution involved meets the following conditions:
''(A) The institution does not have an endowment
that is worth in excess of an amount equal to 50
percent of the national average of endowment funds at
institutions that conduct similar biomedical research
or training of health professionals.
''(B) The application of the institution under
paragraph (1) regarding a research endowment has been
recommended pursuant to technical and scientific peer
review and has been approved by the advisory council
established pursuant to subsection (j).
''(C) The institution at any time was deemed to be
eligible to receive a grant under section 736 and at
any time received a research endowment under paragraph
(1).''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
''(k) Funding.--
''(1) Full funding budget.--
''(A) In general.--With respect to a fiscal year,
the Director of the Institute shall prepare and submit
directly to the President, for review and transmittal
to Congress, a budget estimate for carrying out the
plan for the fiscal year, after reasonable opportunity
for comment (but without change) by the Secretary, the
Director of the National Institutes of Health, the
directors of the other institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health, and the advisory council
established pursuant to subsection (j). The budget
estimate shall include an estimate of the number and
type of personnel needs for the Institute.
''(B) Amounts necessary.--The budget estimate
submitted under subparagraph (A) shall estimate the
amounts necessary for the institutes and centers of the
National Institutes of Health to carry out all minority
health and health disparities activities determined by
the Director of the Institute to be appropriate,
without regard to the probability that such amounts
will be appropriated.
''(2) Alternate budgets.--
''(A) In general.--With respect to a fiscal year,
the Director of the Institute shall prepare and submit
to the Secretary and the Director of the National
Institutes of Health the budget estimates described in
subparagraph (B) for carrying out the plan for the
fiscal year. The Secretary and such Director shall
consider each of such estimates in making
recommendations to the President regarding a budget for
the plan for such year.
''(B) Description.--With respect to the fiscal year
involved, the budget estimates referred to in
subparagraph (A) for the plan are as follows:
''(i) The budget estimate submitted under
paragraph (1).
''(ii) A budget estimate developed on the
assumption that the amounts appropriated will
be sufficient only for--
''(I) continuing the conduct by the
institutes and centers of the National
Institutes of Health of existing
minority health and health disparity
activities (if approved for
continuation), and continuing the
support of such activities by the
institutes and centers in the case of
projects or programs for which the
institutes or centers have made a
commitment of continued support; and
''(II) carrying out activities that
are in addition to activities specified
in subclause (I), only for which the
Director determines there is the most
substantial need.
''(iii) Such other budget estimates as the
Director of the Institute determines to be
appropriate.
''(l) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to carry out
this section.''.
Solution:
Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to rename the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities. Revises and expands the duties of the Director of such Institute relating to coordination of research activities conducted by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and review of a strategic plan and budget for minority health disparity research.