HR 2957 — STRONG Support for Children Act of 2025

(a) Data collection (1) In general The Secretary shall ensure that, by not later than 2 years after March 23, 2010, any federally conducted or supported health care or public health program, activity or survey (including Current Population Surveys and American Community Surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of the Census) collects and reports, to the extent practicable— (A) data on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status for applicants, recipients, or participants; (B) data at the smallest geographic level such as State, local, or institutional levels if such data can be aggregated; (C) sufficient data to generate statistically reliable estimates by racial, ethnic, sex, primary language, and disability status subgroups for applicants, recipients or participants using, if needed, statistical oversamples of these subpopulations; and (D) any other demographic data as deemed appropriate by the Secretary regarding health disparities. (2) Collection standards In collecting data described in paragraph (1), the Secretary or designee shall— (A) use Office of Management and Budget standards, at a minimum, for race and ethnicity measures; (B) develop standards for the measurement of sex, primary language, and disability status; (C) develop standards for the collection of data described in paragraph (1) that, at a minimum— (i) collects self-reported data by the applicant, recipient, or participant; and (ii) collects data from a parent or legal guardian if the applicant, recipient, or participant is a minor or legally incapacitated; (D) survey health care providers and establish other procedures in order to assess access to care and treatment for individuals with disabilities and to identify— (i) locations where individuals with disabilities access primary, acute (including intensive), and long-term care; (ii) the number of providers with accessible facilities and equipment to meet the needs of the individuals with disabilities, including medical diagnostic equipment that meets the minimum technical criteria set forth in section 794f of title 29; and (iii) the number of employees of health care providers trained in disability awareness and patient care of individuals with disabilities; and (E) require that any reporting requirement imposed for purposes of measuring quality under any ongoing or federally conducted or supported health care or public health program, activity, or survey includes requirements for the collection of data on individuals receiving health care items or services under such programs activities 1 by race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status. (3) Data management In collecting data described in paragraph (1), the Secretary, acting through the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology shall— (A) develop national standards for the management of data collected; and (B) develop interoperability and security systems for data management. (b) Data analysis (1)  2 In general For each federally conducted or supported health care or public health program or activity, the Secretary shall analyze data collected under paragraph (a) to detect and monitor trends in health disparities (as defined for purposes of section 285t 3 of this title) at the Federal and State levels. (c) Data reporting and dissemination (1) In general The Secretary shall make the analyses described in (b) 4 available to— (A) the Office of Minority Health; (B) the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities; (C) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; (D) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (E) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; (F) the Indian Health Service and epidemiology centers funded under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act [25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.]; (G) the Office of Rural health; 5 (H) other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services; and (I) other entities as determined appropriate by the Secretary. (2) Re...