§2.Community health data pilot program
This section directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish within one year of enactment a four-year pilot program to award competitive grants to not more than 25 eligible entities—state or local health departments or municipality or county governments, which may partner with academic or nonprofit institutions—to develop or enhance neighborhood-level, publicly accessible health data platforms. Such platforms must (1) provide data across specified domains, including social and economic conditions (e.g., education, economic stress, violence, incarceration), housing and neighborhood conditions (e.g., air conditioner prevalence, housing quality), maternal and child health, healthy living (e.g., self-reported health status), health care (e.g., access to care, avoidable hospitalizations, vaccinations), and health outcomes (e.g., chronic conditions, HIV and Hepatitis C prevalence or treatment, infant mortality, life expectancy); (2) integrate data from federal surveillance systems, state/local administrative surveys, and local education/housing/public safety sources; (3) disaggregate data by neighborhood, ZIP code, or census tract; (4) include source citations, transparent methodology, visualization tools (e.g., charts, maps, trend lines), and downloadable datasets; (5) provide training and technical assistance for sustainability and interoperability; and (6) submit de-identified, aggregated data to the National Neighborhood Health Data Repository in a standardized format. In awarding grants, the Secretary must prioritize entities serving populations with health disparities (e.g., medically underserved, low-income, or environmentally burdened communities) that lack such platforms and plan to use them to reduce disparities, and may prioritize those proposing innovative indicators. The Secretary must provide program guidance, technical assistance on data methodology/privacy/interoperability, and facilitate collaboration among recipients; and submit to Congress, one year after program establishment, a report assessing outcomes, public access improvements, community engagement, and recommendations for national expansion or extension. This section also requires the Secretary to establish and maintain the National Neighborhood Health Data Repository as a publicly accessible, searchable resource aggregating such de-identified data while upholding privacy standards.