Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act

Supervised preparation of comments in response to House Science Committee (majority) NSF reauthorization discussion draft Encouraged organization to endorse HR 8067

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Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

Signed a Friends of AHRQ letter in support of the AHRQ Funding Bill, H.R. 8067

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Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Medicare-Graduate Medical Education HRSA THCGME Program Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763/S. 348) Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2019 (S. 289) Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act of 2019 (H.R. 2815/S. 1191) Opioid Workforce Act of 2019 (H.R. 3414/S. 2892) Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2019 (H.R. 3425) Supporting Graduate Medical Education at Community Hospitals Act of 2019 (H.R. 3753/S. 2116) PPE to Address COVID-19 Pandemic Community Health Center Fund in COVID stimulus COVID-19 impact on health professions education COVID-19 impact on osteopathic medical education Coronavirus Health Care Worker Wellness Act (H.R. 7255) Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2019 (S. 1240) Community and Public Health Programs Extension Act (S.192) Public health and public health infrastructure support in COVID-19 stimulus Title VII and Title VIII program support in COVID-19 stimulus Ensuring Understanding of COVID-19 to Protect Public Health Act (S. 3595/H.R. 6701) Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 6448/S. 2871) Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act (H.R. 7470) Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 8094/S. 4349) Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act (H.R.8067) Debt and economic relief for frontline workers Federal funding for rural hospitals and physician practices impacted by COVID-19 Funding for federal research agencies to prevent and respond to pandemic-related disruptions to federally-funded research

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H.R. 8067, Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act - increased funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality during the pandemic

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Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H. Res. 480, Acknowledging the racial disparities in diagnosing and treating mental health among youth in communities of color H.R. 1109, the Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2019 H.R. 1554, the Resident Education Deferred Interest Act H.R. 1763 / S. 348, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 H.R. 2279/ S. 2546, the Safe Step Act H.R. 2482/ S. 2074, the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2019 H.R. 2734 / S. 1448, the Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act H.R. 3180/ S. 1770, the RISE from Trauma Act H.R. 3239/ S. 2135, the Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act H.R. 3253, the Empowering Beneficiaries, Ensuring Access, and Strengthening Accountability Act H.R. 3414/ S. 2892, the Opioid Workforce Act H.R. 3417, BETTER Act of 2019 H.R. 4194/S. 2661, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2019 H.R. 4309, the Barriers to Suicide Act H.R. 4327, the Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act H.R. 4861/ S. 3006, the Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act H.R. 4932 / S. 2741, the CONNECT for Health Act H.R. 4995, the Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2019 H.R. 4996, the Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act of 2019 H.R. 5, the Equality Act H.R. 5201, the Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2019 H.R. 5473, the Enhance Access to Support Essential Behavioral Health Services Act H.R.5469, the Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act of 2019 H.R.5575, the Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020 Out of network billing legislation S. 1227, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019 S. 2443, the Investment in Tomorrow's Pediatric Health Care Workforce Act S. 824, the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act S.1659, the Ensuring Childrens Access to Specialty Care Act of 2019 Title III Sec. 305 Timely Bills to Patients within the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 (S. 1895) Cures 2.0 Title X Family Planning Program Administration Rule Efforts related to psychiatric bed shortages. H.R. 6074, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 2895/ S. 948, the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 4996, the Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services (MOMS) Act, and Senate efforts. S. 311, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act S. 3275, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act H.R. 4056 and S. 2446, the Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2019 H.R. 5575, the Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act Telehealth provisions as related to Covid-19. H.R. 6644, the Health Care at Home Act H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), including the Payroll Protection Program (PPP), the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, and more. Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 and related Medicare and Medicaid payment updates. Emergency financial relief and stability funding for 501(c)(6) tax-exempt medical and dental trade associations impacted by the pandemic H.R. 7078, the Evaluating Disparities and Outcomes of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Emergency Act of 2020 (EDOT Act of 2020) H.R. 7255, the Coronavirus Health Care Worker Wellness Act of 2020 S. 3919, the Military Suicide Prevention in the 21st Century Act H.R. 7608, the Legislative Vehicle for the Fiscal 2021 Four-Bill Appropriations Package Recommendations on confidential mental health records sharing. H.R. 7539, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act H.R. 4564, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act of 2019 H.R. 5619, the Suicide Prevention Act H.R. 4585, the Campaign to Prevent Suicide Act H.R. 1646, the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act of 2019 H.R. 2519, the Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2019 H.R. 7147, the Creating Resources to Improve Situations of Inherent Severity Act (CRISIS Act) H.R. 7159/S. 4282, the Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide Prevention Act of 2020 21st Century Cures Act, RE: Opioid State Targeted Response Grants H.R. 7689, the Improving Data Collection for Adverse Childhood Experiences Act H.R. 8094/S. 4349, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 6561/S. 4440, the Improving Social Determinants of Health Act H.R. 7511/ S. 4211, the Facilitating Reforms that Offer Necessary Telehealth in Every Rural (FRONTIER) Community Act H.R. 884 / S. 2772, the Medicare Mental Health Access Act H.R. 1763, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 S. 2661, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 (Sen. Gardner - Energy and Commerce) H.R. 3935, the Protecting Patients Transportation to Care Act H.R. 4564, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act of 2020 S. Res. 738, Recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September as National Suicide Prevention Month S. 4113, the Broadband Reform and Investment to Drive Growth in the Economy Act of 2020 (BRIDGE Act) H.R. 7859, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Supports for Schools Act S. 4421, the Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act H.R. 8141, the Strengthening Mental Health Supports for BIPOC Communities Act HR 7510, the Assimilating Health and Equity Assessments into Decision-making Act of 2020 or AHEAD Act H.R. 5469/S.4388, the Mental Health Equity Act of 2020 H.R. 7059, the Coronavirus Provider Protection Act, S. 3792, the Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act of 2020. HR 6810 to provide COBRA subsidies for unemployed and furloughed individuals during COVID H.R. 7593/S. 4103, the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services (TREATS) Act H.R. 6645, the Mental Health Research Act H.R. 7539, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act H.R. 5201, the Telemental Health Expansion Act of 2019 H.R. 6561/S. 3595, the Ensuring Understanding for COVID-19 to Protect Public Health Act S. 4524, the Quit Because of COVID-19 Act S. 4486, the Achieving Thorough Transparency & Accessibility for Information Navigation (ATTAIN) on Mental Health Act H.R. 6800/H.R. 8406, the HEROES Act H.R. 7663, the Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2020 S. 4230, the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020 H.R. 7391, the Protect Telehealth Access Act of 2020 H.R. 7760, To make a supplemental appropriation for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program of the Federal Communications Commission for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 H.R.8067, the Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities Act H.R. 2862, the VACCINES Act of 2019 (G6 letter for internal purposes) Efforts related to Collaborative Care Model S. 3197, the Improving Access to Health Care in Rural and Underserved Areas Act H.R. 6139, the COVID-19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020 H.Res. 908 (S.Res. 580) Condemning all forms of Anti-Asian Sentiment as related to COVID-19 H.R. 6585, the Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID-19 Act H.R. 7078, the EDOT Act of 2020 HR 7077, the Community Solutions for COVID-19 Act S. 4441, the Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) Act

Support H.R. 7463/S. 4184 the Assisted Living Facility Coronavirus Reporting Act. Support H.R. 7983/S. 4536 the COVID-19 in Corrections Data Transparency Act. Support S. 4507 the GET CARE Act of 2020. Support increasing federal Medicaid matching funds and direct aid to states during the COVID-19 pandemic. Support reopening the Affordable Care Acts federal exchanges in legislation to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. H.R. 6637, the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2020. Support funding for school nutrition programs to combat food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Support H.R. 6561, the Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2020. Support increasing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Support increased FY 2021 funding for public health data/IT systems modernization within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Support the Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Act. Support updating the CDC COVID-19 surveillance system to collect data on race, ethnicity, sex, age, primary language, sexual orientation, disability status, gender identity and socioeconomic status. Support H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. Support actions to protect the food system and food workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Support the extension of waivers through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Oppose S. 696/H.R. 1597, the National Nurse Act. Support H.R. 8067, legislation that would provide funding to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on the most critical health system issues in responding to COVID-19.

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AACP signed a letter led by Friends of AHRQ endorsing Congressman Don Beyer's bill H.R. 8067. The bill would direct AHRQ to conduct or support research on the most critical health system issues for COVID-19, including on the expansion and efficacy of telehealth, evaluating and identifying potential weaknesses in the health system that increase racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection rates and develop strategies for mitigating them, and creating protocols that ensure that vulnerable groups have timely access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines. AACP signed Ad Hoc group letter urging Congressional leaders to include at least $15.5 billion in emergency funding for NIH, to support research and costs of lost productivity associated with COVID-19, in supplemental legislation, as included in the Senate HEALS Act.

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Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office