Anti-Racism in Public Health Act (Racism as Public Health Crisis)
Current understanding
The Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023 would create a National Center on Antiracism and Health within the CDC and a Law Enforcement Violence Prevention Program to study and address structural racism as a public health issue through data collection, research, and grants. The bill frames racial disparities in health outcomes and law enforcement encounters as public health concerns warranting federal institutional infrastructure. Status: introduced; practical effect would depend on appropriations and enactment.
Evidence log
- 2023-04-28 — Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023: cross-connection with gun-violence-prevention-research-civil-rights: Both propose federal public-health-framed research infrastructure touching law enforcement and violence prevention; the Anti-Racism Act’s Law Enforcement Violence Prevention Program overlaps with gun-violence research funding pathways. (novelty: 3)