H.R. 9877

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026

Sponsor: Raul Ruiz

26 cosponsors
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I Data collection and reporting

II Culturally and linguistically appropriate health and health care

III Health workforce diversity

A Diversifying the health care workplace

B Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Behavioral and Mental Health Workforce

C ACCESS in Mental Health Act

D Developing the Community Health Workforce Act

IV Improving Health Care Access and Quality

A Reducing Barriers to Accessing Care

B Improvement of Coverage

C Expansion of Access

1 General Provisions

2 Rural

3 Indian Communities

4 Providers

5 Dental

D Advancing Health Equity Through Payment and Delivery Reform

E Health Empowerment Zones

F Equitable Health Care for All

G Investing in Equity

H Miscellaneous

I Territories Health Equity

1 Medicare

A Part A

B Part B

C Medicare Advantage (Part C)

D Part D

2 Miscellaneous

V Improving health outcomes for women, gender-diverse people, children, and families

A Underserved communities

B Pregnancy screening

C Pregnancy-Related care

D Federal agency coordination on maternal health

E Reproductive and Sexual Health

F Children’s Health

G Elder Care

H Miscellaneous provisions

VI Mental health and substance use disorders

A Access to care and funding streams

B Interprofessional care

C Workforce development

D Children’s mental health

E Community-Based care

F Reports

G Miscellaneous provisions

VII Addressing high-impact minority diseases

A Cancer

B Viral hepatitis and liver cancer control and prevention

C Acquired bone marrow failure diseases

D Cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, obesity, and other disease issues

E HIV/AIDS

F Diabetes

G Lung disease

H Tuberculosis

I Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases

J Sleep and circadian rhythm disorders

K Kidney disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment

L Diversity in clinical trials

M Additional provisions addressing high-impact minority diseases

N Health Equity and Rare Disease Act

O Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention

P New Era of Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease

VIII Health Information Technology

A Reducing Health Disparities Through Health IT

B Modifications To Achieve Parity in Existing Programs

C Additional Research and Studies

D Closing Gaps in Funding To Adopt Certified EHRs

E Expanding Access to Telehealth Services

IX Accountability and Evaluation

X Addressing Social Determinants and Improving Environmental Justice

A In General

B Gun Violence

C Nutrition for women, children, families

1 Senior hunger prevention

Sec. 10206. Commodity supplemental food program

(a) Funds. Section 4 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 93–86) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking 2023 and inserting 2031; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

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(d) Funds. In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the program under this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.

(b) Adults with disabilities. Section 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 93–86) is amended—

(1) by striking 2023 each place it appears and inserting 2031;

(2) in subsection (g)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking to low-income persons aged 60 and older. and inserting the following:

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to—

(A) low-income persons aged 60 and older; and

(B) low-income adults with disabilities (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)).

(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);

(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

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(2) Income eligibility. For purposes of paragraph (1), a low-income individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of that paragraph shall have a gross income level that is less than 185 percent of the Federal poverty line.

; and

(D) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking of— and all that follows through the period at the end of clause (ii) and inserting of 36 months.; and

(3) in subsection (i), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—

(A) by inserting or low-income adults with disabilities described in subsection (g)(1)(B) after elderly persons; and

(B) by striking to each elderly participant in, or applicant for, the commodity supplemental food program for the elderly and inserting to each participant in, or applicant for, such a program.

2 Closing the meal gap

D Universal school meals

1 School breakfast program

2 School lunch program

3 Elementary and secondary education data

4 Amendments to other programs and laws

XI Protections to combat regulatory harm to health equity