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GEDI Act

Introduced: March 15, 2007 See on congress.gov

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Mar 15, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Mar 15, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3215)

Mar 15, 2007

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Gestational Diabetes Act of 2007 or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to convene a Research Advisory Committee. Requires the Director of CDC to develop a multisite research project to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations or state health agencies for demonstration projects that test specified hypotheses about interventions designed to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and obesity among young women and implement relevant activities.

Requires the Director of CDC and the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to conduct and support basic, clinical, and public health research regarding gestational diabetes and obesity during pregnancy.

Requires the Director of CDC to encourage screening for gestational diabetes within state-based diabetes prevention and control programs to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its related complications.

What's happening now March 15, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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