AHEAD Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7510 To provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on the potential benefits on population health outcomes of incorporating into the Federal legislative process tools that measure the impacts of proposed legislation (including in areas outside of health care) on health and health disparities, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 9, 2020 Mr. COX of California (for himself, Mr. TRONE, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. ENGEL, and Ms. PORTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com- merce A BILL To provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on the potential benefits on population health outcomes of incorporating into the Federal legislative process tools that measure the impacts of proposed legislation (including in areas outside of health care) on health and health disparities, and for other purposes. 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 18:13 Jul 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7510.IH H7510 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7510 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assimilating Health 2 and Equity Assessments into Decision-making of 2020’’ 3 or ‘‘AHEAD Act of 2020’’. 4 SEC. 2. STUDY TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF USING TOOLS TO 5 MEASURE THE IMPACTS OF PROPOSED FED- 6 ERAL LEGISLATION ON HEALTH AND HEALTH 7 DISPARITIES. 8 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 9 Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 10 shall enter into an arrangement with the National Acad- 11 emies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (or, if the 12 National Academies decline to enter into such arrange- 13 ment, with another appropriate entity such as the Na- 14 tional Academy of Public Administration) under which, 15 not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 16 Act, the National Academies (or other appropriate entity) 17 will complete a study— 18 (1) to examine the potential benefits on popu- 19 lation health outcomes of incorporating into the Fed- 20 eral legislative process tools that measure the im- 21 pacts of proposed legislation (including in areas out- 22 side of health care) on health and health disparities; 23 (2) to formulate recommendations on inte- 24 grating such tools into the Federal legislative proc- 25 ess to achieve better population health outcomes; 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:13 Jul 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7510.IH H7510 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7510 IH (3) to formulate recommendations on how be- 1 havioral and nudge research on the health and eq- 2 uity effects of policies may translate into evaluative 3 tools for policymakers; and 4 (4) in consultation with the Comptroller Gen- 5 eral of the United States, the Director of the Con- 6 gressional Budget Office, and the Director of the 7 Congressional Research Service, to formulate rec- 8 ommendations on how such tools should be incor- 9 porated into the Federal legislative process. 10 (b) TOOLS TO BE CONSIDERED.—The tools consid- 11 ered under the study under subsection (a) shall include 12 health impact assessments, and may include any other 13 tools of analysis that analyze the potential impacts on 14 health and health disparities of incorporating the findings 15 of such reviews and analyses of proposed Federal legisla- 16 tion and accompanying budgetary scores. 17 (c) SPECIFIC POPULATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED.— 18 The study under subsection (a) shall consider the impacts 19 described in such subsection on health and health dispari- 20 ties within specific populations including communities of 21 color, youth, women, older adults, sexual and gender mi- 22 norities, individuals living in rural and Tribal commu- 23 nities, individuals living in regions with persistent poverty, 24 individuals with co-morbid conditions, individuals with dis- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:13 Jul 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7510.IH H7510 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7510 IH abilities, individuals who are homeless, and individuals in- 1 volved with the criminal justice system, among others. 2 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 3 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a re- 4 port to the Congress on the results of the study under 5 subsection (a). 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:13 Jul 27, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7510.IH H7510 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS