LGBTQ Essential Data Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3280 To provide a requirement to improve data collection efforts. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 13, 2019 Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York (for himself, Mr. BERA, Mr. BLU- MENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of Flor- ida, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COX of California, Mr. CRIST, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. HIMES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. MURPHY, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. STANTON, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. BASS, Ms. MENG, Mr. KEATING, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CASE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, and Ms. SHALALA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide a requirement to improve data collection efforts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:23 Jun 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3280.IH H3280 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3280 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘LGBTQ Essential 2 Data Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. IMPROVING DATA COLLECTION ON THE SEXUAL 4 ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY OF DE- 5 CEASED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE NA- 6 TIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYS- 7 TEM. 8 (a) COLLECTION OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND 9 GENDER IDENTITY DATA.— 10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 11 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 12 of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 13 shall take measures to improve the incidence of the 14 collection of information on the sexual orientation 15 and gender identity of deceased individuals through 16 the National Violent Death Reporting System or any 17 successor programs. 18 (2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information col- 19 lected relating to the sexual orientation or gender 20 identity of a decedent shall be maintained in accord- 21 ance with the confidentiality and privacy standards 22 and policies for the protection of individuals applica- 23 ble to all other data collected for purposes of the 24 National Violent Death Reporting System. 25 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:23 Jun 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3280.IH H3280 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3280 IH (1) GENDER IDENTITY.—The term ‘‘gender 1 identity’’ means an individual’s sense of being male, 2 female, transgender, or another gender, as distinct 3 from the individual’s sex assigned at birth. 4 (2) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘‘sexual 5 orientation’’ means how a person identifies in terms 6 of their emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions, 7 and includes identification as straight, heterosexual, 8 gay, lesbian, or bisexual, among other terms. 9 (c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap- 10 propriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to carry out 11 this section. 12 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 13 It is the sense of the Congress that— 14 (1) the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- 15 tion has made significant efforts to encourage States 16 and other jurisdictions to collect data on sexual ori- 17 entation and gender identity through the National 18 Violent Death Reporting System; and 19 (2) jurisdictions that participate in the collec- 20 tion of such data through the National Violent 21 Death Reporting System should be commended for 22 their participation. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:23 Jun 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3280.IH H3280 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS