The equity lens tool is currently under evaluation for consistency with recently issued federal requirements. In the meantime, policy drafters and reviewers should continue to:
- ensure that positive and negative impacts of the policy on various groups, communities, and individuals are identified and taken into consideration in the policymaking process, including but not limited to groups, communities, and individuals that have historically been marginalized or have experienced discrimination, and
- ensure that a broad range of diverse input and views are solicited as an inherent part of the policymaking process.