HR 3641
109th Congress
House
Health
Community health services
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Eye care
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Kidney diseases
Language and languages
Minorities
Minority health
Preventive medicine
Minority Diabetes Initiative Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 5, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 29, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 29, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Minority Diabetes Initiative Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers for the purpose of providing treatment for diabetes in minority communities. Conditions grants on the recipient agreeing to provide: (1) services in the languages most appropriate for, and with consideration for the cultural backgrounds of, service recipients; (2) outreach activities; and (3) offsite information on diabetes.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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