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

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

Sec. 11006. Limitations on future Executive action

(a) Prohibition. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, without an express provision of Federal statutory law, no Executive action, including any Executive order, presidential memorandum, or directive of the Office of Management and Budget, may—

(1) abolish, eliminate, defund (or otherwise reduce funding for), or reduce below legally mandated minimum staffing levels (including as provided in this title) any Federal office, agency, or program established by a provision of Federal statutory law, or otherwise described in section 11002;

(2) direct a Federal agency to remove sociodemographic data from any Federal survey, dataset, or public health surveillance system relating to characteristics protected under Federal law; or

(3) direct any Federal agency to terminate, suspend, or cease enforcement of any provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq), the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), or any other Federal civil rights statute.

(b) Congressional notification requirement. Not later than 5 days after the issuance of any Executive order that the President contends affects Federal offices or programs relating to health equity, civil rights, anti-discrimination, or sociodemographic data collection, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a written notification to the relevant congressional oversight committees describing the actions directed by such order and their projected effects on the affected offices and programs.

(c) Private right of action. Any person aggrieved by a violation of subsection (a) may bring a civil action in an appropriate Federal district court for declaratory and injunctive relief. A court in such an action may award reasonable attorneys’ fees to prevailing plaintiffs.