Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and healthcare of racial and ethnic minority groups.

8/2/2007--Introduced.
Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to:
(1) develop an Internet Clearinghouse within the Office of Minority Health;
(2)</b> provide for programs of excellence in health professions education for underrepresented minorities; and
(3) support demonstration projects designed to improve the health and health care of racial and ethnic minority groups through improved access to health care, patient navigators, primary prevention activities, health promotion and disease prevention activities, and health literacy education and services.
Provides for grants to:
(1) promote positive health behaviors;
(2) implement culturally and linguistically appropriate, evidence-based, and community-driven sustainable strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic health and health care disparities;
(3) implement systems of primary care practices to eliminate disparities in the delivery of health care and improve the health care provided to all patients; and
(4) address long-standing unmet health needs in the Mississippi Delta. Requires the Secretary to establish the Health Action Zone Initiative demonstration program to support comprehensive state, tribal, or local initiatives to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Provides for research to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Requires the Secretary to ensure the collection of data from federally conducted or supported health programs by race, ethnicity, geographic location, socioeconomic position, primary language, and, when practicable, health literacy.
Sets forth duties for the Office of Minority Health. Requires the Secretary to establish the Advisory Committee on Minority Health.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
• and 67 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5]
  • Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
  • Rep. Jo Bonner [R, AL-1]
  • Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3]
  • Rep. Charles Boustany [R, LA-7]
  • Rep. F. Allen Boyd [D, FL-2]
  • Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26]
  • Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Thelma Drake [R, VA-2]
  • Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R, MO-8]
  • Rep. Philip English [R, PA-3]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. James Forbes [R, VA-4]
  • Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
  • Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
  • Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. David Hobson [R, OH-7]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
  • Rep. Ray LaHood [R, IL-18]
  • Rep. Thomas Latham [R, IA-4]
  • Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Kenny Marchant [R, TX-24]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
  • Rep. Charles Pickering [R, MS-3]
  • Rep. Ralph Regula [R, OH-16]
  • Rep. Rick Renzi [R, AZ-1]
  • Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
  • Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D, TX-23]
  • Rep. Michael Rogers [R, AL-3]
  • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
  • Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
  • Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R, KS-4]
  • Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R, OH-12]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. James Walsh [R, NY-25]
  • Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
  • Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Roger Wicker [R, MS-1]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 1 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
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• Aug 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Aug 02, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Aug 02, 2007.

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