HR 1031
110th 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
Introduced: February 13, 2007
Introduced by:
Waters, Maxine
Democratic
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 13, 2007
Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities. Requires the Secretary to ensure that such 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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