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‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) ensure the collection, collation, reporting, and publishing of information (including full and complete statistics) on key health indicators regard-
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2 Nation’s health care; 3 ‘‘(2) facilitate and coordinate the collection, col- 4 lation, reporting, and publishing of information re- 5 garding the Nation’s health and the performance of 6 the Nation’s health care (other than information de- 7 scribed in paragraph (1)); 8 ‘‘(3)(A) develop standards for the collection of 9 data regarding the Nation’s health and the perform-
10 ance of the Nation’s health care; and
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‘‘(B) in carrying out subparagraph (A)— ‘‘(i) ensure appropriate specificity and standardization for data collection at the na-
tional, regional, State, and local levels; ‘‘(ii) include standards, as appropriate, for the collection of accurate data on health and health care by race, ethnicity, primary lan- guage, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, socioeconomic status, rural, urban, or other geographic setting, and any other popu- lation or subpopulation determined appropriate
by the Secretary; ‘‘(iii) ensure, with respect to data on race
and ethnicity, consistency with the 1997 Office of Management and Budget Standards for
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2 Data on Race and Ethnicity (or any successor 3 standards); and 4 ‘‘(iv) in consultation with the Director of 5 the Office of Minority Health, and the Director 6 of the Office of Civil Rights, of the Department, 7 develop standards for the collection of data on 8 health and health care with respect to data on 9 primary language;
10 ‘‘(4) provide support to Federal departments 11 and agencies whose programs have a significant im- 12 pact upon health (as determined by the Secretary) 13 for the collection and collation of information de- 14 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2);
15 ‘‘(5) ensure the sharing of information de- 16 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) among the agen- 17 cies of the Department; 18 ‘‘(6) facilitate the sharing of information de- 19 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) by Federal depart- 20 ments and agencies whose programs have a signifi- 21 cant impact upon health (as determined by the Sec- 22 retary);