Sec. 2. Health disparity-informed contact tracing grants

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in coordination with the Office of Minority Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, and, as appropriate, in coordination with the relevant Offices of Minority Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, and the Indian Health Service, shall award grants to eligible entities to conduct contact tracing operations, using amounts appropriated under the heading Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund under the heading Office of the Secretary under the heading Department of Health and Human Services of title I of division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ( Public Law 116–139 ).

To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity shall— be a State, local, Tribal, or territorial health department, a nonprofit community-based organization, a nonprofit faith-based organization, an urban Indian organization, a Tribal organization, or a health care provider, serving one or more of the grant regions described in paragraph (2); and submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including demographic data on the entity's employees or projected hires at the time of submission.

The Secretary may award grants to eligible entities serving one or more of the following: A State. A territory. An Indian Tribe. A Tribal organization. An urban Indian organization. A county. A metropolitan statistical area. Any other city, town, or other public body created by, or pursuant to, State law. Programs funded under this section shall not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate or limit rights, remedies, procedures, or legal standards available under any other Federal law or any law of a State or a political subdivision of a State, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.), title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794 ), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), and section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18116 ).

In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give special consideration to eligible entities that have demonstrated a commitment to recruiting and retaining employees who are racial and ethnic minorities representative of the demographic groups of a grant area served by the entity, which may include entities that employ, or plan to employ, community health workers, as defined in section 2113(f)(4) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397mm(f)(4) ). An eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall report to the Secretary demographic information of employees directly involved in contact tracing operations supported by such grant not later than 60 days after receipt of such grant.

Beginning not later than 90 days after the date on which the first grant is awarded under this section, the Secretary, in coordination with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Director of the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall make public the data reported under paragraph (1).

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