the equitable health care measures described in subsection (b)(3)(B)(viii)(XIII). . 5. Provision of inequitable health care as a basis for permissive exclusion from medicare and State health care programs Section 1128(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (18) Provision of inequitable health care (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B), any health care provider that the Secretary determines has engaged in a pattern of providing inequitable health care (as defined in section 7(e)(7) of the Equal Health Care for All Act ) on the basis of race, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, or age of an individual. (B) Exception For purposes of carrying out subparagaph (A), the Secretary shall not exclude any health care provider from participation in the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act or the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act if the exclusion of such health care provider would result in increased difficulty in access to health care services for underserved or low-income communities. . 6. Office for Civil Rights and Health Equity of the Department of Health and Human Services (a) Name of office Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services shall be known as the Office for Civil Rights and Health Equity of the Department of Health and Human Services. Any reference to 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 Office for Civil Rights and Health Equity. (b) Head of office The head of the Office for Civil Rights and Health Equity shall be the Director for Civil Rights and Health Equity, to be appointed by the President. Any reference to the Director of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services in any