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US HR4550

US HR4550
Minority Diabetes Initiative Act


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Introduced
09/27/2019
In Committee
09/30/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities. This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities. HHS must ensure that these grants cover a variety of diabetes-related health care services, including routine care for diabetic patients, public education on diabetes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and treatment for kidney disease and other complications of diabetes.

AI Summary

This bill, the Minority Diabetes Initiative Act, amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers for the purpose of treating diabetes in minority communities. The grants must cover a variety of diabetes-related health care services, including routine care, public education, eye care, foot care, and treatment for kidney disease and other complications of diabetes. The recipients of these grants can include physicians, podiatrists, community-based organizations, health care organizations, community health centers, and state, local, and tribal health departments. The bill also requires that services be provided in the languages and cultural contexts most appropriate for the individuals receiving them, and that the grant recipients provide outreach activities to inform the public of the program and provide off-site information on diabetes.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (61)

Maxine Waters (D)* Nanette Barragán (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Sanford Bishop (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  G. Butterfield (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  André Carson (D),  Joaquin Castro (D),  Judy Chu (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Jim Costa (D),  TJ Cox (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Susan Davis (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Marcia Fudge (D),  Sylvia Garcia (D),  Chuy García (D),  Vicente Gonzalez (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  John Lewis (D),  Elaine Luria (D),  Sean Maloney (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Joe Morelle (D),  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Stacey Plaskett (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Kilili Sablan (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  José Serrano (D),  Terri Sewell (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Marc Veasey (D),  Filemón Vela (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Susan Wild (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 09/30/2019)

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