by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (18) Provision of inequitable health care Any individual or entity that the Secretary determines has engaged in a pattern of providing inequitable health care (as defined in section 7 of the Equality in Health Care for All Act ) on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, gender identity, age, or any other protected class. . 6. Office of Civil Rights and Health Equity of the Department of Health and Human Services (a) Name of office The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services shall, beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, be known as the Office of Civil Rights and Health Equity. Any reference to the Office for Civil Rights in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the Office of Civil Rights and Health Equity. (b) Head of office The head of the Office of Civil Rights and Health Equity shall be the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights and Health Equity, to be appointed by the President with advice and consent of the Senate. Any reference to the head of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights and Health Equity. 7. Prohibiting discrimination in health care (a) In general No health care provider or entity providing health care may, on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, gender identity, age, subject another to inequitable health care. (b) Definition In this section, the term inequitable health care means any service provided by a health care provider or entity providing health care that— (1) is discriminatory in intent or effect