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HR 2799 112th 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: September 15, 2011 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Aug 5, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Aug 5, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 5, 2011
Introduced in House
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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 August 5, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2
KUCINICH, DENNIS
· Sep 15, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 15, 2011
PAYNE, DONALD
· Sep 15, 2011
Richardson, Laura
· Sep 15, 2011
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 15, 2011
WOOLSEY, LYNN
· Sep 15, 2011
GONZALEZ, CHARLES
· Aug 5, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2799: Minority Diabetes Initiative Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2799/
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"H.R. 2799: Minority Diabetes Initiative Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2799/.
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H.R. 2799, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2799/.
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