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HR 4404 111th Congress House Health Digestive and metabolic diseases Health care coverage and access Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Hearing, speech, and vision care Minority health

Minority Diabetes Initiative Act

Introduced: December 16, 2009 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 16, 2009
Introduced in House
Dec 16, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Minority Diabetes Initiative Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary 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. 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 December 19, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 10, 2010
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Mar 2, 2010
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 2, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 2, 2010
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 22, 2010
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 22, 2010
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jan 5, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4404: Minority Diabetes Initiative Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4404/
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"H.R. 4404: Minority Diabetes Initiative Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4404/.
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H.R. 4404, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4404/.
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