H.R. 9877
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
Sponsor: Raul Ruiz
26 cosponsors
- Adelita S. Grijalva
- Adriano Espaillat
- Analilia Mejia
- Andrea Salinas
- Ayanna Pressley
- Christian D. Menefee
- Delia C. Ramirez
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Emily Randall
- Frederica S. Wilson
- Grace Meng
- Gwen Moore
- Jahana Hayes
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García
- Jill N. Tokuda
- Jonathan L. Jackson
- Judy Chu
- Maxwell Frost
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Pablo José Hernández
- Pete Aguilar
- Robin L. Kelly
- Shri Thanedar
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Ted Lieu
- Troy A. Carter
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Text of the bill
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
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
(a) Reinstatement. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each Federal agency shall restore all Federal sociodemographic data collection systems (including survey instruments), datasets, and reporting mechanisms relating to race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, income, and other characteristics protected by Federal law, to the systems, datasets, and mechanisms of the Federal agency as in existence on January 19, 2025.
(b) Data restoration. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, all datasets, publications, and web resources removed from public access, modified, or restricted by any Federal agency pursuant to any Executive order described in section 11001(b) shall be fully restored as in existence on January 19, 2025, with no data permanently deleted.
(c) Reporting. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report—
(1) identifying every Federal dataset, publication, and web resource that was removed, modified, or restricted pursuant to an Executive order described in section 11001(b); and
(2) certifying that each such dataset, publication, or resource has been restored as in existence on January 19, 2025.