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H.R. 2468: Minority Inclusion in Clinical Trials Act of 2015

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H.R. 2468: Minority Inclusion in Clinical Trials Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-20 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Minority Inclusion in Clinical Trials Act of 2015

Plain summary

Minority Inclusion in Clinical Trials Act of 2015 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities shall include within its strategic plan ways to increase representation of underrepresented communities in clinical trials. The bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for expanding existing opportunities for scientists and researchers, and for promoting the inclusion of underrepresented minorities in the health professions, to eligible entities that demonstrate a commitment to health workforce development in underrepresented communities. To be eligible to receive a grant, an entity must be an educational institution or entity that historically produces or trains meaningful numbers of underrepresented minority health professionals. Grants shall be used to implement, expand, or evaluate workforce diversity programs that shall enhance diversity by considering minority status as part of an individualized consideration of qualifications. HHS must carry out the following activities to eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes: conduct research into the determinants and the distribution of disparities in maternal care, health risks, and health outcomes and improve the capacity of the performance measurement infrastructure to measure such disparities; expand access to services that have been demonstrated to improve the quality and outcomes of maternity care for vulnerable populations; and establish a demonstration project in up to eight states to compare the effectiveness of interventions to reduce disparities in maternity services and outcomes and implement and assess effective interventions. HHS must establish and coordinate a health and health care disparities education program to support, develop, and implement educational initiatives and outreach strategies that inform health care professionals and the public about the existence of, and methods to reduce, racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care.

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Official text

Minority Inclusion in Clinical Trials Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] · 1 cosponsors

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Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2468 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114