Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2025

This bill treats racism and police violence as public health issues. It would create a new center at the CDC focused on antiracism and health. The center would declare racism a public health crisis, study how racism harms people’s bodies and minds, and share what works to fix it. It would collect and publish detailed, privacy‑protected health data, offer grants, set up regional centers in affected communities, train public health workers, add measures of racism to national surveys, and post progress reports every two years. It must also work closely with Tribal governments and respect Tribal data sovereignty and HIPAA privacy rules .

It would also start a law enforcement violence prevention program at the CDC’s injury center. This program would research how police uses of force affect health, improve national data with the Department of Justice, fund studies and community projects, report to Congress each year, and explore alternatives to police responses and proven practices from other countries. Funding would be authorized as needed to run these programs .

• Who is affected: communities of color; people impacted by police violence; Tribal communities; public health workers; researchers; state and local health agencies .
• What changes: new CDC programs; more public, detailed data with privacy protections; grants and regional centers; training and public education; standardized data with DOJ; regular reports (every two years for the antiracism center; yearly for the police violence program) .
• When: after the bill becomes law; reports on a two‑year and one‑year cycle as described; funding authorized in amounts needed to carry out these sections .