Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a National Center on Antiracism and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to treat racism as a determinant of health. It would also establish a CDC program to study and prevent law enforcement violence as a public health issue.
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- Communities of color: The Center would research structural racism, identify policies that disparately harm minority communities, award noncompetitive grants to public and nonprofit entities, and establish at least three regional centers of excellence in racial and ethnic minority communities.
- Public health agencies and professionals: The bill would create a CDC-wide data clearinghouse with data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, primary language, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, and disability, and set standards, training, and curricula for antiracist public health practice.
- Tribal nations: The Center must coordinate with the Indian Health Service, engage in government-to-government consultation with Tribes and Tribal organizations, and respect Tribal data sovereignty.
- Communities affected by policing: A new law enforcement violence prevention program within the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control would study uses of force, fund epidemiologic and community intervention research, standardize data on police-related deaths and injuries, and deliver annual recommendations to Congress.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
CDC Program to Study Police Violence
This bill would require HHS to set up a law enforcement violence prevention program at the CDC injury center. The program would research uses of force, study causes and alternatives to police response, and develop public-health interventions to reduce deaths, injuries, trauma, and mental-health harms. It could award grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to governments, universities, community groups, and others. The program must coordinate data standardization with the Department of Justice and report to Congress each year. The bill would authorize appropriations of "such sums as may be necessary" to run the program.
New CDC Antiracism Health Center
This bill would create a National Center on Antiracism and Health inside the CDC. The CDC director would appoint a leader who has lived and worked in racial and ethnic minority communities. The Center would be able to declare racism a public health crisis, run research, create training and curricula, and translate antiracist research into public programs. It could award noncompetitive grants and must set up at least three regional centers in racial and ethnic minority communities. The bill would also authorize appropriations of "such sums as may be necessary" to carry out the Center.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
MA • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
MA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
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