To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to research and design a graphic symbol to indicate when linguistic access materials and services are available for a health program, product, or service, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to research and design a graphic symbol to indicate when linguistic access materials and services are available for a health program, product, or service, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H8D8F1E48043E409BAD24A0F092274E82: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Communication Access and Resources for Everyone Act of 2023 and the Health CARE Act of 2023.
- Section HE6447738FEF8441FA82AD387698A3635: 2. Creation of a health language access symbol Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in...
- Section H0C0CB890B4A643FC886F310113B0022A: 3. Dissemination of the health care language access symbol Upon finalization of the design of the graphic symbol under section 2, the Secretary shall— design...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to research and design a graphic symbol to indicate when linguistic access materials and services are available for a health program, product, or service, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to research and design a graphic symbol to indicate when linguistic access materials and services are available for a health program, product, or service, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Young Kim
R-CA | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Kim of California (for herself and Ms. Meng) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
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