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Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4562| Senate 
| Updated: 9/10/2020
Tina Smith

Tina Smith

Democratic Senator

Minnesota

Cosponsors (6)
Tom Udall (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Jon Tester (Democratic)Steve Daines (Republican)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Indian Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020 This bill expands tribal access to public health care data and public health surveillance programs. It also reauthorizes through FY2025 the National Center for Health Statistics, which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and requires the CDC to take certain actions to address the collection and availability of health data for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must (1) establish a strategy for providing data access to Indian tribes and tribal epidemiology centers; and (2) make available all requested data related to health care and public health surveillance programs and activities to the Indian Health Service, tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers. Next, the CDC must make grants to and enter into contracts with tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers for data collection and related activities. Among other things, the CDC must (1) develop guidance for state and local health agencies to improve birth and death record data for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (2) enter into cooperative agreements with tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers to analyze and address certain inaccuracies related to records for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (3) adopt uniform standards for the collection of health data on race and ethnicity; and (4) encourage states to enter into data sharing agreements with tribes and tribal epidemiology centers to improve the quality and accuracy of health data.
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Timeline
Sep 10, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 10, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Sep 30, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-7948
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  • September 10, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 10, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.


  • September 30, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-7948
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Native Americans

Related Bills

  • HR 116-14: Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act
  • HR 116-7948: Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020
Alaska Natives and HawaiiansCensus and government statisticsFederal-Indian relationsGovernment information and archivesHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingIntergovernmental relationsMinority health

Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4562| Senate 
| Updated: 9/10/2020
Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020 This bill expands tribal access to public health care data and public health surveillance programs. It also reauthorizes through FY2025 the National Center for Health Statistics, which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and requires the CDC to take certain actions to address the collection and availability of health data for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must (1) establish a strategy for providing data access to Indian tribes and tribal epidemiology centers; and (2) make available all requested data related to health care and public health surveillance programs and activities to the Indian Health Service, tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers. Next, the CDC must make grants to and enter into contracts with tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers for data collection and related activities. Among other things, the CDC must (1) develop guidance for state and local health agencies to improve birth and death record data for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (2) enter into cooperative agreements with tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations, and tribal epidemiology centers to analyze and address certain inaccuracies related to records for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (3) adopt uniform standards for the collection of health data on race and ethnicity; and (4) encourage states to enter into data sharing agreements with tribes and tribal epidemiology centers to improve the quality and accuracy of health data.
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Timeline
Sep 10, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 10, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Sep 30, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-7948
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  • September 10, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 10, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.


  • September 30, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-7948
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Tina Smith

Tina Smith

Democratic Senator

Minnesota

Cosponsors (6)
Tom Udall (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Jon Tester (Democratic)Steve Daines (Republican)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Indian Affairs Committee

Native Americans

Related Bills

  • HR 116-14: Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act
  • HR 116-7948: Tribal Health Data Improvement Act of 2020
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Alaska Natives and HawaiiansCensus and government statisticsFederal-Indian relationsGovernment information and archivesHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingIntergovernmental relationsMinority health