,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjah    
,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york 7for herself1
 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 and ,ms4
 ,kelly of ,illinois7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,national    
,institute of ,minority ,health and     
,health ,disparities to submit to       
,congress a report on the impact of the 
opioid epidemic on minority communities4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,opioid ,minority ,health  
,report to ,congress ,act of #bjah4  #b4
 ,national ,institute of ,minority      
,health and ,health ,disparities report 
on the impact of the opioid epidemic on 

minority communities ,not later than one
 year after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 and annually thereafter1 the
 ,national ,institute of ,minority      
,health and ,health ,disparities shall  
submit to the ,committee on ,finance of 
the ,senate and the ,committees on ,ways
 and ,means and ,energy and ,commerce of
 the ,house of ,representatives1 and    
make public on the ,internet website of 
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services1 a report on the impact of the
 opioid epidemic on racial and ethnic   
minority groups 7as defined in section  
#agjg7;g7 of the ,public ,health        
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#cjju-#f7;g7771 including the following3
  7#a7 ,the scope of the epidemic within
 such racial and ethnic minority groups 
with respect to the use of prescription 
pain killers and illicit drug use1      
including synthetics4  7#b7 ,the extent 
to which1 and funding recommendations   
for how1 the expansion of coverage under
 the ,medicare program under title      

,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act   
and the ,medicaid program under title   
,,xix of such ,act of                   
medication-assisted treatment and other 
treatment options could decrease the    
incidence of opioids use and of deaths  
caused by opioids overdoses4  7#c7 ,the 
role of participation of such racial and
 minority groups in clinical trials for 
pain management therapy and alternatives
 to opioids pain management and         
recommendations on how to increase such 
participation of such groups in such    
clinical trials4