Hearing: “Empowered by Data: Legislation to Advance Equity and Public Health”

Subcommittee on Health (Committee on Energy and Commerce)

2123 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Text of Legislation

• H.R. 379, the “Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021” [PDF]
• H.R. 666, the “Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021” [PDF]
• H.R. 778, the “Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2021” [PDF]
• H.R. 791, the “Tracking COVID–19 Variants Act” [PDF]
• H.R. 831, the “Health Standards To Advance Transparency, Integrity, Science, Technology Infrastructure, and Confidential Statistics Act of 2021” or the “Health STATISTICS Act of 2021” [PDF]
• H.R. 925, the “Data to Save Moms Act” [PDF]
• H.R. 943, the “Social Determinants for Moms Act” [PDF]
• H.R. 976, the “Ensuring Transparent Honest Information on COVID–19 Act” or the “ETHIC Act” [PDF]
• H.R. 2125, the “Quit Because of COVID–19 Act” [PDF]
• H.R. 2503, the “Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021” [PDF]
• H.R. 3894, the “Collecting and Analyzing Resources Integral and Necessary for Guidance for Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021” or the “CARING for Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021” [PDF]
• H.R. 3969, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to include activities to address social determinants of health in the calculation of medical loss ratios [PDF]
• H.R. 4026, the "Social Determinants of Health Data Analysis Act of 2021" [PDF] Added 06/23/2021 at 03:47 PM

Support Documents

• Hearing Notice [PDF]
• Briefing Memo [PDF] Added 06/22/2021 at 11:06 AM
• Document for the Record - A statement from the March of Dimes [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A document from America’s Health Insurance Plans entitled, “Medicare Advantage: Overcoming Barriers to Good Health” [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A document from NORC at the University of Chicago entitled, “Spotlight on Health” [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the American Academy of Family Physicians [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc. [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from Aligning for Health [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A document from Anthem entitled, “Expanding Access to Care and Social Supports” [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A document from the BlueCross BlueShield Association entitled, “Social Determinants of Health” [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A document from the BlueCross BlueShield Association entitled, “Improving Black Maternal Care and Health Through Pregnancy and Childbirth” [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A Milliman Report entitled, “Comparing the Demographics of Enrollees in Medicare Advantage and Fee-For-Service Medicare” [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from Representative Ayanna Pressley on H.R. 666 [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - An April 30th letter from Members of Congress to HHS Secretary Becerra on Medicare Advantage [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from the American Lung Association [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - Testimony from the National Indian Health Board [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - Testimony from Dr. Jim Jirjis, Chief Health Information Office of HCA Healthcare [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from Members of Congress to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer on the maternal mortality crisis [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the availability of supplemental benefits to certain Medicare Advantage enrollees [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from the National Partnership for Women and Families [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A May 14th press release from the Office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis entitled, “New Report Ends Corporate Media’s Favorite False Narrative About Florida’s Successful COVID-19 Response” [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A document from Moms & Babies entitled, “Saving the Lives of Moms and Babies: Addressing Racism and Socioeconomic Influencers” [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A document from America’s Health Insurance Plans entitled, “Social Determinants of Health and Medicare Advantage” [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A statement from Trust for America’s Health [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A June 15th opinion piece from The Hill entitled, “Ending sickle cell disease is a matter of racial justice” [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Document for the Record - A letter from The Root Cause Coalition [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM

Member Statements

• Opening Statement of Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Full Committee [PDF] Added 08/06/2021 at 10:32 AM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health [PDF] Added 08/06/2021 at 10:32 AM
• Opening Statement of Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Ranking Member of the Full Committee [PDF] Added 08/06/2021 at 10:32 AM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Brett Guthrie, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health [PDF] Added 08/06/2021 at 10:32 AM
• Opening Statement of Rep. Richard Hudson [PDF] Added 08/06/2021 at 10:32 AM

Hearing Record

• Member Attendance [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM
• Preliminary Transcript [PDF] Added 07/08/2021 at 02:24 PM

First Published: June 17, 2021 at 08:42 PM
Last Updated: September 25, 2023 at 03:26 PM