Sec. 8. Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and Insular Areas health data
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Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317T the following: In this section: The term Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders or NHOPI means people having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, or any other Pacific Island. The term community group means a group of NHOPI who are organized at the community level, and may include a church group, social service group, national advocacy organization, or cultural group.
The term nonprofit, nongovernmental organization means a group of NHOPI with a demonstrated history of addressing NHOPI issues, including a NHOPI coalition. The term designated organization means an entity established to represent NHOPI populations and which has statutory responsibilities to provide, or has community support for providing, health care. The term government representatives means representatives from Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
The term Insular Area means American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics (referred to in this section as NCHS ) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services as the Secretary determines appropriate, shall develop and implement an ongoing and sustainable national strategy for identifying and evaluating the health status and health care needs for each NHOPI population, by ethnicity or nationality, living in the continental United States, Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
In developing and implementing a national strategy, as described in paragraph (1), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Compact Impact Relief Act, the Secretary— shall consult with representatives of community groups, designated organizations, and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations and with government representatives of NHOPI populations; and may solicit the participation of representatives from other Federal departments and agencies. The Secretary, acting through the Director of NCHS, shall conduct a preliminary health survey in order to identify the major areas and regions in the continental United States, Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau in which NHOPI people reside.
The health survey described in paragraph
(1)shall include health data and any other data the Secretary determines to be— useful in determining the health status and health care needs for each NHOPI population, by ethnicity or nationality, to the greatest extent practicable; or required for developing or implementing a national strategy. Methodology for the health survey described in paragraph (1), including plans for designing questions, implementation, sampling, and analysis, shall be developed in consultation with community groups, designated organizations, nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, and government representatives of NHOPI populations, as determined by the Secretary. The survey required under this subsection shall be completed not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the Compact Impact Relief Act. Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Compact Impact Relief Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a progress report, which shall include the national strategy described in subsection (b)(1), and make such report available on the public website of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study, with input from stakeholders in Insular Areas, on the following: The standards and definitions of health care applied to health care systems in Insular Areas and the appropriateness of such standards and definitions. The status and performance of health care systems in Insular Areas, evaluated based upon standards and definitions, as the Secretary determines. The effectiveness of donor aid in addressing health care needs and priorities in Insular Areas. The progress toward implementation of recommendations of the Committee on Health Care Services in the United States—Associated Pacific Basin of the National Academy of Medicine, including recommendations that were set forth in the 1998 report, Pacific Partnerships for Health: Charting a New Course for the 21st Century , as applicable to all Insular Areas except the Virgin Islands of the United States. An agreement described in paragraph
(1)shall require the Health and Medicine Division to submit to the Secretary and to the Congress, and make readily available on a public website, not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Compact Impact Relief Act, a report containing a description of the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), including the conclusions and recommendations of the Health and Medicine Division for each of the items described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(D)of such paragraph. To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2018 through 2022. .
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