; (B) testing results turnaround time; (C) hospitalization and intensive care unit data; (D) new infections among health care workers; (E) new cases among quarantined contacts; and (F) long-term care facilities, prisons, and other congregate settings; and (2) in carrying out such activities, to disaggregate data by age, sex, race, ethnicity, and ZIP Code, as appropriate and to the extent possible. (d) Application A public health reporting entity applying for a grant or cooperative agreement under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. (e) Definition In this section, the term public health reporting entity means any entity that reports data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or another public health authority, including a State or local public health department, a public health laboratory, and a health care provider. 3113. Evidence-building demonstration program (a) In general The Secretary acting through the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall expand the data linkage program of the Department of Health and Human Services consisting of Federal statistical and programmatic datasets from specified Federal entities, as authorized by subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, for the purpose of facilitating statistical public health research on trends and patterns across specifically defined, statistically relevant populations, with a particular focus on linking social determinants of health data, including with respect to— (1) food insecurity; (2) housing instability; (3) transportation access; (4) safety; (5) social connection and isolation; (6) financial resource strain