A resolution promoting minority health awareness and supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month in April 2023, which include bringing attention to the health disparities faced by minority populations of the United States such as American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.
SRES 221 is a Senate resolution supporting National Minority Health Month in April 2023 by raising awareness of health disparities affecting specific minority populations. It highlights documented inequities, such as higher rates of diabetes, cancer, and mortality among American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders compared to non-Hispanic White populations. The resolution does not create new laws or allocate funding but serves as a symbolic acknowledgment of these disparities through a series of cited statistics from health data. It aims to promote public understanding of these issues during the designated awareness month.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
President
Introduced May 18, 2023
Last action May 18, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Amendments
1
May 18, 2023
Introduced
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S1754-1755; text: CR S1751-1752)
upper
May 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.(consideration: CR S1754-1755; text: CR S1751-1752)
upper
May 18, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
Co
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
Co
Marco Rubio
RRepublican
Co
Mazie K. Hirono
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Braun
RRepublican
Co
Robert Menendez
DDemocratic
Co
Shelley Moore Capito
RRepublican
Co
Sherrod Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Tim Scott
RRepublican
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