US Congress House Bill 6585 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 98-0)
Status: Introduced on April 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Pending: House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes the Commission on Ensuring Health Equity During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and adds reporting requirements for certain demographic data related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Among other activities, the commission must (1) determine approaches to using data to reduce demographic disparities in COVID-19 prevalence and outcomes, and (2) submit findings and recommendations to Congress on a specified timeline until the end of the public health emergency. During the public health emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must publish, and update daily, data on COVID-19 testing, treatment, and outcomes that is disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and other demographic characteristics on the CDC website. In addition, the Indian Health Service shall consult with tribes with respect to COVID-19 data collection and reporting. The Department of Health and Human Services must make a summary of final statistics related to COVID-19 publicly available and report specified information to Congress within 60 days of the end of the public health emergency.

Equitable Data Collection and Disclosure on COVID–19 Act

Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]
Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]
Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Kwanza Hall [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
2020-04-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-04-21	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2020-04-21	House	Introduced in House

SB3850 (Related) 2020-06-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB8200 (Related) 2020-09-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6585/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6585/BILLS-116hr6585ih.pdf