H.R. 5475 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016
- Sponsor:
- Robin L. Kelly
- Summary:
- To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been referred to committee.
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016
H.R. 5475 — 114th Congress (2015–2016)
- Summary
- To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016
- Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research and Treatment Act of 2016
- Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2016
- Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2016
- PROSTATE Act
- Prostate Research, Outreach, Screening, Testing, Access, and Treatment Effectiveness Act of 2016
- Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disorders Health Disparities Act
- Stop AIDS in Prison Act
- Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Control and Prevention Act of 2016
- Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016
- Sponsor
- Robin L. Kelly
- Co-Sponsors
- Joyce Beatty
- G. K. Butterfield
- Judy Chu
- Yvette D. Clarke
- Steve Cohen
- Elijah E. Cummings
- Danny K. Davis
- Marcia L. Fudge
- Alcee L. Hastings
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- Eddie Bernice Johnson
- Barbara Lee
- John Lewis
- Alan S. Lowenthal
- Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Donald M. Payne, Jr.
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Linda T. Sánchez
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- Terri A. Sewell
- Eric Swalwell
- Subjects
- Health
- Accidents
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Adoption and foster care
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Allied health services
- American Samoa
- Assault and harassment offenses
- California
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Commemorative events and holidays
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime victims
- Crimes against women
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Dental care
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Labor
- Department of the Treasury
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Disability and paralysis
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family planning and birth control
- Family services
- Federal-Indian relations
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Guam
- Gulf of Mexico
- Hawaii
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Hereditary and development disorders
- Higher education
- HIV/AIDS
- Immigrant health and welfare
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Marriage and family status
- Marshall Islands
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Micronesia
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Minority health
- Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
- Neurological disorders
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Nutrition and diet
- Oceania
- Oil and gas
- Palau
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Prescription drugs
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Research administration and funding
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Rural conditions and development
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex offenses
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Teenage pregnancy
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Water quality
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
- Women's health
- Related Bills
- H.R. 2759 (114th) : Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015
- S. 1830 (114th) : Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2015
- H.R. 3660 (114th) : To Amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 Respecting the Scoring of Preventive Health Savings.
- S. 2336 (114th) : REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2015
- S. 2960 (114th) : Access to Birth Control Act
- H.R. 768 (114th) : Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2015
- H.R. 1706 (114th) : Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2015
- H.R. 2651 (114th) : Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act of 2015
- H.R. 2709 (114th) : Professional's Access To Health Workforce Integration Act of 2015
- S. 2114 (114th) : A Bill to Correct Inconsistencies in the Definitions Relating to Native Americans in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- S. 2765 (114th) : Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2016
- Major Actions
Introduced 6/14/2016 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 6/14/2016 6/14/2016 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. 6/14/2016 Introduced in House 6/22/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. 6/22/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. 6/22/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. 6/22/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. 6/22/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 6/27/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 6/29/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. 9/19/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. 9/19/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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