H. Res. 470 (Introduced in House) — Expressing support for the designation of October 1, 2019, as “National Health Literacy Day” to recognize the value of health literacy in transforming and improving health and healthcare for all people in the United States.

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

expresses support for the designation of “National Health Literacy Day”;

(2)

encourages individuals to assess their health knowledge and literacy, and urges the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adopt new tools and incentives immediately to encourage individuals to assess and improve their health knowledge and literacy;

(3)

calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue a new action plan on health literacy that—

(A)

includes specific recommendations and concrete steps to improve and incorporate incentives into healthcare payment and delivery models that will improve health literacy; and

(B)

reflects the changes in knowledge and science about health literacy and the evolution in healthcare payment and delivery; and

(4)

encourages all interested parties to promote health literacy to transform the health and healthcare system of the United States.

Expressing support for the designation of October 1, 2019, as “National Health Literacy Day” to recognize the value of health literacy in transforming and improving health and healthcare for all people in the United States.

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