1115A of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1315a ), or any other agency of the Department of Health and Human Services with respect to the programs under titles XVIII, XIX, or XXI of such Act, shall be assessed for potential impact on safety net, community based, and critical access providers, including Federally qualified health centers. (b) New models The rollout of any such models shall include training and additional up front resources for community based and safety net providers to enable those providers to participate in the model. D Health Empowerment Zones 451. Short title This subtitle may be cited as the Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2018 . 452. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Numerous studies and reports, including the 2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the 2002 report of the Institute of Medicine entitled Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care , document the extensiveness to which health disparities exist across the country. (2) These studies have found that, on average, racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately afflicted with chronic and acute conditions—such as cancer, diabetes, musculoskeletal disease, obesity, and hypertension—and suffer worse health outcomes, worse health status, and higher mortality rates than their White counterparts. (3) Several recent studies also show that health disparities are a function of not only access to health care, but also the social determinants of health—including the environment, the physical structure of communities, nutrition and food options, educational attainment and health literacy, employment, race, ethnicity, immigration status, geography, and language preference—that directly and indirectly affect the health, health care, and wellness of individuals and communities. (4) Integrally involving and fully supporting the communities most affected by health inequities in the assessment, planning, launch, and evaluation of