; (D) identify deficiencies in the health care system’s supply chain; and (E) shortfalls in the health care delivery planning, coordination, and capacity, including health care delivery to vulnerable communities. (b) Protocols on COVID–19 disparities The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, shall coordinate cross-agency engagement with leaders from racial and ethnic minority groups and other populations disproportionately affected by COVID–19— (1) to develop protocols that ensure these groups have timely access to safe and effective COVID–19 vaccines; and (2) to provide guidance on a COVID–19 vaccination strategy that takes into account racial and ethnic disparities in COVID–19 infection rates, severity of symptoms, and health outcomes. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $121,000,000, to remain available until expended.