HR 3194
108th Congress
House
Health
Access to health care
Accreditation (Medical care)
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Diabetes
Health education
Housing and Community Development
Medical fees
Medical personnel
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare
Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2003
Introduced: September 25, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 6, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 30, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 25, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 25, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of certified diabetes educators as Medicare providers for purposes of diabetes outpatient self-management training services.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) the barriers, if any, that exist in rural areas to successfully becoming a recognized diabetes education program, including the difficulty of rural health care professionals in becoming certified diabetes educators; and (2) whether individuals with diabetes who live in rural areas have barriers to accessing diabetes self-management training.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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