United States · Bill · S
S. 3073 (117th)
Equal Health Care for All Act
Introduced
26 October 2021
Last action
26 October 2021 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
20 January 2026
Summary
Equal Health Care for All Act This bill prohibits discrimination in health care based on race, religion, and other characteristics. It also revises reporting requirements, adds equity-related measures to certain Medicare programs, and makes other changes to reduce health disparities. To enforce the prohibition, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish an administrative process to resolve complaints about inequitable health care. HHS must investigate these complaints and mediate agreements to resolve issues. In the event of noncompliance with a mediated agreement, an aggrieved individual may bring a civil action. Health care providers must also report data in formats that allow disaggregation by demographic factors. HHS must issue proposed regulations to carry out this requirement within 90 days. Additionally, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must include measures related to equitable health care in the Medicare value-based purchasing program for hospitals. This program provides incentive payments based on quality of care. The CMS may also exclude providers that furnish inequitable health care from its programs. In addition, the bill establishes the Federal Health Equity Commission to monitor implementation of the bill and establishes a grant program for hospitals to promote equitable health care.
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Timeline
26 October 2021
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
26 October 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 26 October 2021 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → Equal Health Care for All Act
- related to ← Equitable Health Care for All Act
- related to ← Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022
- related to ← Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3073
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/3073
- us · 117-s-3073 · source updated 20 January 2026