A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that there should be established a National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month, and for other purposes.

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Declares that it is the sense of Congress that: (1) a National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month should be established to promote educational efforts on the health problems currently facing minorities and other populations experiencing health disparities; (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services should present public service announcements on health promotion and disease prevention that target minorities and other populations experiencing health disparities in the United States and educate the public and health care professionals about health disparities; (3) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality should continue to collect and report data on health care access and utilization on patients by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and, where possible, primary language to monitor the Nation's progress toward the elimination of health care disparities; and (4) the information gained should be disseminated to all health care professionals so that they may better communicate with all patients, regardless of race or ethnicity, without bias or prejudice.

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• Engrossed in Senate (text)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 3 October 2002

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• Engrossed in Senate (PDF)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 3 October 2002

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• Passed Senate without amendment

  summary · EN · 3 October 2002

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 September 2002

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 September 2002

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• Introduced in Senate

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