H.R. 3090: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009

111th Congress · introduced 2009-06-26 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-06-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009

Plain summary

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to establish the Robert T. Matsui Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Health Care. Provides for health care workforce diversity activities, including the establishment of: (1) a national working group on workforce diversity; (2) an aggregated database on health professional students; and (3) the Advisory Committee on Health Professions Training for Diversity. Requires health-related programs of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect data on race, ethnicity, primary language, and sexual orientation. Directs each federal health agency to implement a strategic plan to eliminate disparities on the basis of race, ethnicity, and primary language and improve the health and health care of minority populations. Prohibits discrimination under any health care service or research program or activity receiving federal financial assistance on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status. Requires the establishment of: (1) an Office of Health Disparities within the Office of Civil Rights; (2) civil rights compliance offices in HHS agencies that administer health programs; and (3) an Office of Minority Health within specified agencies. Reestablishes the Indian Health Service within the Public Health Service of HHS to be administered by the Assistant Secretary of Indian Health. Directs the President to execute, administer, and enforce provisions to address environmental justice in minority and low-income populations. Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009 - Provides for the establishment of health empowerment zones in communities that experience disproportionate disparities in health status and health care. Sets forth programs to reduce health disparities, including by: (1) expanding the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative; (2) establishing the Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission; and (3) revising eligibility requirements for federal assistance programs with respect to individuals lawfully present in the United States. Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary to implement the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Program to achieve a reduction of at least 25% in the mortality rate of lung cancer by 2015. Provides for research and other activities with respect to diabetes in minority populations.

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Official text

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] · 58 cosponsors

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Danny K. Davis (D-IL), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Al Green (D-TX), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr3090.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr3090 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111