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As called for under Section 10334 of the Affordable Care Act, the biennial Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities summarizes the programs, policies and initiatives of agencies across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that address minority health and health disparities.
2015 Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities [PDF]
2013 Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities [PDF]
2011 Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities [PDF]
Significant progress has been achieved in implementing the provisions of the Affordable Care Act that address health disparities. Since the first 2011 Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities, all of the individual Offices of Minority Health have been established. The HHS Office of Minority Health, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the individual Offices of Minority Health within six HHS agencies, and various other HHS agencies and offices have carried out programs and developed policies to reduce disparities in health and health care for minority populations. These activities have included:
Under the leadership of HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell, the Department is implementing the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities through the HHS Office of Minority Health The HHS Disparities Action Plan is the most comprehensive federal commitment on health disparities and charges all HHS operating and staff divisions to heighten the impact of HHS policies and programs to reduce health disparities. The HHS Disparities Action Plan builds on the foundation of the Affordable Care Act and leverages other national initiatives such as Healthy People 2020 and the National Prevention Strategy.
The 2015 report highlights HHS agencies and their programs dedicated to minority health and health disparities in fiscal years 2013 and 2014.