Sec. 202. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report
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Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to enter into a contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this section as the National Academies ) to conduct a study to examine health disparities and the effect of such disparities on health outcomes, which may include health outcomes related to pandemic and other public health emergencies. Pursuant to the contract under subsection (a), the National Academies shall, not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, issue a report informed by the study conducted under such subsection that includes— consideration of previous recommendations made by the National Academies related to health disparities, including in the report titled Unequal Treatment:
Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare ; recommendations for strategies to improve health outcomes by reducing health disparities, which may include education and training; and an assessment of ongoing research and strategies to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes, including effective service delivery models. In completing the requirements of the contract under this section, the National Academies may leverage relevant ongoing work of the National Academies, including ongoing work related to the impact of Federal policies on health disparities.
There is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 to carry out this section.