Minority Health
US Congress 117th Congress
Recognizing the work and contributions of doulas towards improving pregnancy, birth, and postpartum outcomes. [HR-395]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Recognizing the work and contributions of doulas towards improving pregnancy, birth, and postpartum outcomes.
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A resolution recognizing the work and contributions of doulas towards improving pregnancy, birth, and postpartum outcomes. [SR-209]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
A resolution recognizing the work and contributions of doulas towards improving pregnancy, birth, and postpartum outcomes.
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Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2021 [HB-3165]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.
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Virtual Peer Support Act of 2021 [HB-2929]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Telecommunications ]
To provide funding for the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award grants for the purpose of supporting virtual peer behavioral health support services, and for other purposes.
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Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2021 [S.1567]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.
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A resolution promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in April 2021, which include bringing attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders. [SR-205]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Services ]
A resolution promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in April 2021, which include bringing attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.
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ENACT Act of 2021 Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Act of 2021 [S.1548]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Mental Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Senior Citizens ]
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the diversity of participants in research on Alzheimer's disease, and for other purposes.
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ENACT Act of 2021 Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Act of 2021 [HB-3085]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Mental Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the diversity of participants in research on Alzheimer's disease, and for other purposes.
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MOMMIES Act Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services Act [S.1542]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers.
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STANDUP Act of 2021 Suicide Training and Awareness Nationally Delivered for Universal Prevention Act of 2021 [S.1543]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide best practices on student suicide awareness and prevention training and condition State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and tribal educational agencies receiving funds under section 520A of such Act to establish and implement a school-based student suicide awareness and prevention training policy.
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THRIVE Act Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy Act [HB-2919]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To establish a Federal agenda to transform, heal, and renew the United States by investing in a vibrant economy, to provide funds to certain Federal investment programs that meet related labor, equity, and environmental standards, and for other purposes.
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COVID Vaccine Transportation Access Act [HB-3013]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for removing transportation barriers to accessing vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, including booster vaccines, for individuals from low-income communities, minority communities, or other communities in which transportation poses a barrier to health care access, and for other purposes.
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Expressing support for the designation of May 10, 2021, as "National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day" and acknowledging the importance of raising awareness of mental health and improving the quality of mental health services for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community. [HR-373]
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[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Expressing support for the designation of May 10, 2021, as "National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day" and acknowledging the importance of raising awareness of mental health and improving the quality of mental health services for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community.
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MOMMIES Act Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services Act [HB-3063]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers.
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Transit to Trails Act of 2021 [HB-2924]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To establish a program to award grants to entities that provide transportation connectors from critically underserved urban communities and rural communities to green spaces.
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STOP Fentanyl Act of 2021 Support, Treatment, and Overdose Prevention of Fentanyl Act of 2021 [S.1457]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
A bill to establish programs to address addiction and overdoses caused by illicit fentanyl and other opioids, and for other purposes.
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Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2021 [S.1451]
[Healthcare ]
[International ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally.
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CONNECT for Health Act of 2021 Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021 [S.1512]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.
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Rural MOMS Act Rural Maternal and Obstetric Modernization of Services Act [S.1491]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric care in rural areas.
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Transit to Trails Act [S.1461]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Environmental ]
[Infrastructure ]
A bill to establish a program to award grants to entities that provide transportation connectors from critically underserved urban communities and rural communities to green spaces.