This Act may be cited as the “Utilizing National Data, Effectively Reforming Standards and Tools, to Address Negative Determinates of Health Act” or the “UNDERSTAND Act”.

(a) Reporting of information.—Section 1809 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b–10) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(d) Collection of information related to social determinants of health.—

“(1) PROPOSED RULE.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 2020, the Secretary shall issue a proposed rule so as to allow for the collection of information related to social determinants that may factor into the health of beneficiaries under this title. The proposed rule shall allow for the collection of such information from licensed health professionals (as defined in section 1819(b)(5)(G)) and community health workers (as defined in section 2113(f)(4)).

“(B) PHASED-IN IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall—

“(i) phase-in implementation of the collection of information in accordance with subparagraph (A) over a 3-year period, in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate in order to minimize any adverse impact on the licensed health professionals providing such information; and

“(ii) make such information collected available to the public and updated at least annually during the phase-in period.

“(2) SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.—The information collected in accordance with paragraph (1) shall include (but is not limited to) the following possible social determinants of health, as identified in the ICD–10 diagnostic codes Z55 through Z65 (or any such successor diagnostic codes):

“(A) Problems related to education and literacy.

“(B) Employment and unemployment.

“(C) Occupations exposure risk factors.

“(D) Problems related to housing and economic circumstances.

“(E) Problems related to social environments.

“(F) Problems related to upbringing.

“(G) Problems related to family circumstances, including primary support groups.

“(H) Psychosocial circumstances resulting from pregnancy.

“(I) Conviction in civil or criminal proceedings.”.

(b) Report on data analyses.—Section 1809(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b–10(b)(2)) is amended—

(1) by striking “Not later than” and inserting the following:

“(A) INITIAL REPORTS.—Not later than”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(B) REPORTS ON COLLECTION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.—Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes aggregate findings and trends across respective beneficiary populations for improving the identification of health care disparities for beneficiaries under this title based on analyses of the data collected under subsection (d).”.

(a) Reporting of information.—Section 1946 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w–5) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(d) Collection of information related to social determinants of health.—

“(1) DEVELOPMENT OF MODEL UNIFORM REPORTING FIELD.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 2020, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the States, develop and make available to the States a model uniform reporting field that States may use for purposes of reporting to the Secretary through the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T–MSIS) (or a successor system) information related to social determinants that may factor into the health of beneficiaries under this title and beneficiaries under title XXI and be collected from licensed health professionals (as defined in section 1919(b)(5)(G)) and community health workers (as defined in section 2113(f)(4)).

“(B) PHASED-IN IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall—

“(i) phase-in implementation of the collection of information in accordance with subparagraph (A) over a 3-year period, in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate in order to minimize any adverse impact on the licensed health professionals and community health workers providing such information; and

“(ii) make such information collected available to the public and updated at least annually during the phase-in period.

“(2) SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.—The information collected in accordance with paragraph (1) shall include (but is not limited to) the following possible social determinants of health, as identified in the ICD–10 diagnostic codes Z55 through Z65 (or any such successor diagnostic codes):

“(A) Problems related to education and literacy.

“(B) Employment and unemployment.

“(C) Occupations exposure risk factors.

“(D) Problems related to housing and economic circumstances.

“(E) Problems related to social environments.

“(F) Problems related to upbringing and family circumstances including primary support groups.

“(G) Psychosocial circumstances resulting from pregnancy.

“(H) Conviction in civil or criminal proceedings.”.

(b) Report on data analyses.—Section 1946(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w–5(b)(2)) is amended—

(1) by striking “Not later than” and inserting the following:

“(A) INITIAL REPORTS.—Not later than”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(B) REPORTS ON COLLECTION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.—Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes aggregate findings and trends across respective beneficiary populations for improving the identification of health care disparities for beneficiaries under this title and beneficiaries under title XXI based on analyses of the data collected under subsection (d).”.

Part A of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: