H.R. 3680 (111th): Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2009

Introduced:
Sep 30, 2009 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
Sponsor:
Del. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU0]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 2486 (112th) on Jul 11, 2011.

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Status

This bill was introduced on September 30, 2009, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Sep 30, 2009
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors (6D, 1R) (show)
Committees

House Energy and Commerce

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Full Title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for health data regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

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Last updated Sep 30, 2009.
7 pages

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9/30/2009--Introduced.
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Health Data Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) develop and implement an ongoing and sustainable national strategy for identifying and evaluating the health status and health care needs of NHOPI (Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders) populations living in the continental United States, Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and (2) conduct a preliminary health survey to identify the major regions of such areas in which NHOPI people reside, including data the Secretary determines to be useful in determining health status and health care needs or required for developing or implementing the national strategy. Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a study on: (1) the standards and definitions of health care applied to health care systems in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the U,S. Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Palau, or the Marshall Islands; (2) the status and performance of health care systems in such areas; (3) the effectiveness of donor aid in addressing health care needs and priorities in such areas; and (4) progress toward implementing recommendations of the Institute's Committee on Health Care Services in the United States-Associated Pacific Basin that are set forth in the 1998 report, "Pacific Partnerships for Health; Charting a New Course for the 21st Century."

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