Bill > S4065

This bill, the "Equal Health Care for All Act", aims to prohibit discrimination in health care and require the provision of equitable health care. Key provisions include: - Requiring the collection and reporting of disaggregated health data by race, national origin, sex, disability, age, and other factors to identify patterns of inequitable care. - Incorporating measures related to equitable health care into the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, accounting for social determinants of health. - Allowing for the exclusion of health care providers from Medicare and Medicaid for engaging in a pattern of inequitable provision of care, with an exception to avoid limiting access for underserved communities. - Renaming the Office for Civil Rights to the Office for Civil Rights and Health Equity within the Department of Health and Human Services. - Prohibiting discrimination in health care on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, or religion, and establishing an administrative complaint process and private right of action to enforce this. - Establishing a Federal Health Equity Commission to monitor implementation of the Act and progress towards health equity. - Providing grants to hospitals to promote equitable health care and outcomes, with a focus on hospitals that serve disadvantaged populations.