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The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. Findings. TITLE I—Data collection and reporting Sec. 101. Amendment to the Public Health Service Act . Sec. 102. Elimination of prerequisite of direct appropriations for data collection and analysis. Sec. 103. Collection of race and ethnicity data by the Social Security Administration. Sec. 104. Revision of HIPAA claims standards. Sec. 105. National Center for Health Statistics.

Sec. 106. Disparities data collected by the Federal Government. Sec. 107. Data collection and analysis grants to minority-serving institutions. Sec. 108. Standards for measuring sexual orientation, gender identity, and socioeconomic status in collection of health data. Sec. 109. Safety and effectiveness of drugs with respect to racial and ethnic background. Sec. 110. Improving health data regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. Sec. 111. Clarification of simplified administrative reporting requirement.

TITLE II—Culturally and linguistically appropriate health and health care Sec. 201. Definitions; findings. Sec. 202. Improving access to services for individuals with limited-English proficiency. Sec. 203. National standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health care. Sec. 204. Culturally and linguistically appropriate health care in the Public Health Service Act. Sec. 205. Pilot program for improvement and development of State medical interpreting services.

Sec. 206. Training tomorrow’s doctors for culturally and linguistically appropriate care: graduate medical education. Sec. 207. Federal reimbursement for culturally and linguistically appropriate services under the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Programs. Sec. 208. Increasing understanding of and improving health literacy. Sec. 209. Requirements for health programs or activities receiving Federal funds. Sec. 210. Report on Federal efforts to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate health care services.

Sec. 211. English for speakers of other languages. Sec. 212. Implementation. Sec. 213. Language access services. TITLE III—Health workforce diversity Sec. 301. Amendment to the Public Health Service Act . Sec. 302. Hispanic-serving institutions, historically black colleges and universities, and tribal colleges. Sec. 303. Loan repayment program of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sec. 304. Cooperative agreements for online degree programs at schools of public health and schools of allied health.

Sec. 305. Sense of Congress on the mission of the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Sec. 306. Scholarship and fellowship programs. Sec. 307. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. Sec. 308. Rules for determination of full-time equivalent residents for cost-reporting periods. Sec. 309. Developing and implementing strategies for local health equity. Sec. 310. Loan forgiveness for mental and behavioral health social workers. Sec. 311. Health Professions Workforce Fund.

Sec. 312. Findings; sense of Congress relating to graduate medical education. Sec. 313. Career support for skilled, internationally educated health professionals. TITLE IV—Improving Health Care Access and Quality Subtitle A—Expansion of Coverage Sec. 401. Amendment to the Public Health Service Act . Sec. 402. Removing citizenship and immigration barriers to access to affordable health care under ACA. Sec. 403. Study on the uninsured. Sec. 404. Medicaid in the territories. Sec. 405.

Extension of Medicare secondary payer. Sec. 406. Border health grants. Sec. 407. Removing Medicare barrier to health care. Sec. 408. 100 percent FMAP for medical assistance provided by urban Indian health centers. Sec. 409. 100 percent FMAP for medical assistance provided to a Native Hawaiian through a federally qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system under the Medicaid program. Subtitle B—Expansion of Access Sec. 410. Protecting sensitive locations. Sec. 411.

Grants for racial and ethnic approaches to community health. Sec. 412. Critical access hospital improvements. Sec. 413. Establishment of Rural Community Hospital

(RCH)Program. Sec. 414. Medicare remote monitoring pilot projects. Sec. 415. Rural health quality advisory commission and demonstration projects. Sec. 416. Rural health care services. Sec. 417. Community health center collaborative access expansion. Sec. 418. Facilitating the provision of telehealth services across State lines. Sec. 419. Scoring of preventive health savings. Sec. 420. Sense of Congress on Maintenance of Effort Provisions Regarding Children’s Health. Sec. 421. Repeal of requirement for documentation evidencing citizenship or nationality under the Medicaid program. Sec. 422. Protection of the HHS Offices of Minority Health. Sec. 423. Office of Minority Health in Veterans Health Administration of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 424. Indian defined in title I of PPACA. Sec. 425. Study of DSH payments to ensure hospital access for low-income patients. Sec. 426. Assistant Secretary of the Indian Health Service. Sec. 427. Reauthorization of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act. Sec. 428. Availability of non-English language speaking providers. Sec. 429. Access to essential community providers. Sec. 430. Provider network adequacy in communities of color. Sec. 431. Improving access to dental care. Subtitle C—Advancing Health Equity Through Payment and Delivery Reform Sec. 441. Sense of Congress. Sec. 442. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services quality payment program. Sec. 443. Development and testing of disparity reducing delivery and payment models. Sec. 444. Supporting safety net and community-based providers to compete in value-based payment systems. Subtitle D—Health Empowerment Zones Sec. 451. Short title. Sec. 452. Findings. Sec. 453. Designation of health empowerment zones. Sec. 454. Assistance to those seeking designation. Sec. 455. Benefits of designation. Sec. 456. Definition of Secretary. Sec. 457. Authorization of appropriations. Subtitle E—At-Risk community coverage Sec. 461. Medicaid coverage for citizens of Freely Associated States. Sec. 462. At-risk youth Medicaid protection. TITLE V—IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES Subtitle A—In General Sec. 501. Grants to promote health for underserved communities. Sec. 502. Removing barriers to health care and nutrition assistance for children, pregnant persons, and lawfully present individuals. Sec. 503. Repeal of denial of benefits. Sec. 504. Birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and awareness. Sec. 505. Preventing maternal deaths. Sec. 506. Eliminating disparities in maternity health outcomes. Sec. 507. Decreasing the risk factors for sudden unexpected infant death and sudden unexplained death in childhood. Sec. 508. Reducing unintended teenage pregnancies. Sec. 509. Gestational diabetes. Sec. 510. Emergency contraception education and information programs. Sec. 511. Comprehensive sex education programs. Sec. 512. Compassionate assistance for rape emergencies. Sec. 513. Access to birth control duties of pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception. Sec. 514. Additional focus area for the Office on Women’s Health. Sec. 515. Interagency coordinating committee on the promotion of optimal maternity outcomes. Sec. 516. Consumer education campaign. Sec. 517. Bibliographic database of systematic reviews for care of childbearing individuals and newborns. Sec. 518. Maternity care health professional shortage areas. Sec. 519. Expansion of CDC prevention research centers program to include centers on optimal maternity outcomes. Sec. 520. Expanding models allowed to be tested by Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to include maternity care models. Sec. 521. Development of interprofessional maternity care educational models and tools. Sec. 522. Including services furnished by certain students, interns, and residents supervised by certified nurse midwives within inpatient hospital services under Medicare. Sec. 523. Grants to professional organizations to increase diversity in maternal, reproductive, and sexual health professionals. Sec. 524. Interagency update to the quality family planning guidelines. Sec. 525. Dissemination of the quality family planning guidelines. Subtitle B—Pregnancy Screening Sec. 531. Pregnancy intention screening initiative demonstration program. TITLE VI—Mental health Sec. 601. Mental health findings. Sec. 602. Coverage of marriage and family therapist services, mental health counselor services, and substance abuse counselor services under part B of the Medicare program. Sec. 603. Integrated Health Care Demonstration Program. Sec. 604. Addressing racial and ethnic minority mental health disparities research gaps. Sec. 605. Health professions competencies to address racial and ethnic minority mental health disparities. Sec. 606. Geoaccess study. Sec. 607. Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander behavioral and mental health outreach and education strategies. Sec. 608. Mental health in schools. TITLE VII—Addressing high impact minority diseases Subtitle A—Cancer Sec. 701. Lung cancer mortality reduction. Sec. 702. Expanding prostate cancer research, outreach, screening, testing, access, and treatment effectiveness. Sec. 703. Improved Medicaid coverage for certain breast and cervical cancer patients in the territories. Sec. 704. Cancer prevention and treatment demonstration for ethnic and racial minorities. Sec. 705. Reducing cancer disparities within Medicare. Subtitle B—Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Control and Prevention Sec. 711. Viral hepatitis and liver cancer control and prevention. Subtitle C—Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Diseases Sec. 721. Acquired bone marrow failure diseases. Subtitle D—Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Disease, and Other Disease Issues Sec. 731. Guidelines for disease screening for minority patients. Sec. 732. CDC Wisewoman Screening Program. Sec. 733. Report on cardiovascular care for women and minorities. Sec. 734. Coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services in Medicaid and private health insurance. Sec. 735. Clinical research funding for oral health. Sec. 736. Participation by Medicaid beneficiaries in approved clinical trials. Subtitle E—HIV/AIDS Sec. 741. Statement of policy. Sec. 742. Findings. Sec. 743. Additional funding for AIDS drug assistance program treatments. Sec. 744. Enhancing the national HIV surveillance system. Sec. 745. Evidence-based strategies for improving linkage to and retention in appropriate care. Sec. 746. Improving entry into and retention in care and antiretroviral adherence for persons with HIV. Sec. 747. Services to reduce HIV/AIDS in racial and ethnic minority communities. Sec. 748. Minority AIDS initiative. Sec. 749. Health care professionals treating individuals with HIV/AIDS. Sec. 750. HIV/AIDS provider loan repayment program. Sec. 751. Dental education loan repayment program. Sec. 752. Reducing new HIV infections among injecting drug users. Sec. 753. Report on impact of HIV/AIDS in vulnerable populations. Sec. 754. National HIV/AIDS observance days. Sec. 755. Review of all Federal and State laws, policies, and regulations regarding the criminal prosecution of individuals for HIV-related offenses. Sec. 756. Expanding support for condoms in prisons. Sec. 757. Automatic reinstatement or enrollment in Medicaid for people who test positive for HIV before reentering communities. Sec. 758. Stop AIDS in prison. Sec. 759. Support data system review and indicators for monitoring HIV care. Sec. 760. Transfer of funds for implementation of national HIV/AIDS strategy. Sec. 761. Report on the implementation of goal 4 (improved coordination) of the national HIV/AIDS strategy. Subtitle F—Diabetes Sec. 771. Research, treatment, and education. Sec. 772. Research, education, and other activities. Sec. 773. Research, education, and other activities. Sec. 774. Research, education, and other activities. Sec. 775. Updated report on health disparities. Subtitle G—Lung Disease Sec. 776. Expansion of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Sec. 777. Asthma-related activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sec. 778. Influenza and pneumonia vaccination campaign. Sec. 779. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease action plan. Subtitle H—Tuberculosis Sec. 781. Elimination of all forms of tuberculosis. Sec. 782. Additional funding for States in combating and eliminating tuberculosis. Sec. 783. Strengthening clinical research funding for tuberculosis. Subtitle I—Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Sec. 785. Findings. Sec. 786. Osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal health-related activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sec. 787. Grants for comprehensive osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal disease health education within health professions schools. Subtitle J—Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Disorders Sec. 791. Short title; findings. Sec. 792. Sleep and circadian rhythm disorders research activities of the National Institutes of Health. Sec. 793. Sleep and circadian rhythm health disparities-related activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sec. 794. Grants for comprehensive sleep and circadian health education within health professions schools. Sec. 795. Report on impact of sleep and circadian health disorders in vulnerable and racial/ethnic populations. Subtitle K—Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Sec. 796. Short title. Sec. 796A. Sickle cell disease research. Sec. 796B. Sickle cell disease surveillance. Sec. 796C. Sickle cell disease prevention and treatment. Sec. 796D. Collaboration with community-based entities. TITLE VIII—Health Information Technology Sec. 800. Definitions. Subtitle A—Reducing Health Disparities Through Health IT Sec. 801. HRSA assistance to health centers for promotion of Health IT. Sec. 802. Assessment of impact of Health IT on racial and ethnic minority communities; outreach and adoption of Health IT in such communities. Subtitle B—Modifications To Achieve Parity in Existing Programs Sec. 811. Extending funding to strengthen the Health IT infrastructure in racial and ethnic minority communities. Sec. 812. Extending competitive grants for the development of loan programs to facilitate adoption of certified EHR technology by providers serving racial and ethnic minority groups. Sec. 813. Authorization of appropriations. Subtitle C—Additional Research and Studies Sec. 821. Data collection and assessments conducted in coordination with minority-serving institutions. Sec. 822. Study of health information technology in medically underserved communities. Subtitle D— Closing Gaps in Funding To Adopt Certified EHRs Sec. 831. Extending Medicaid EHR incentive payments to rehabilitation facilities, long-term care facilities, and home health agencies. Sec. 832. Extending physician assistant eligibility for Medicaid electronic health record incentive payments. TITLE IX—Accountability and Evaluation Sec. 901. Prohibition on discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status. Sec. 902. Treatment of Medicare payments under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sec. 903. Accountability and transparency within the Department of Health and Human Services. Sec. 904. United States Commission on Civil Rights. Sec. 905. Sense of Congress concerning full funding of activities to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. Sec. 906. GAO and NIH reports. TITLE X—Addressing Social Determinants and Improving Environmental Justice Subtitle A—In General Sec. 1001. Definitions. Sec. 1002. Findings. Sec. 1003. Health impact assessments. Sec. 1004. Implementation of recommendations by Environmental Protection Agency. Sec. 1005. Grant program to conduct environmental health improvement activities and to improve social determinants of health. Sec. 1006. Additional research on the relationship between the built environment and the health of community residents. Sec. 1007. Environment and public health restoration. Sec. 1008. GAO report on health effects of Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf Coast. Subtitle B—Gun Violence Sec. 1011. Findings. Sec. 1012. Reaffirming research authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sec. 1013. National violent death reporting system. Sec. 1014. Report on effects of gun violence on public health. Sec. 1015. Report on effects of gun violence on mental health in minority communities.