HR 4427 113th Congress House

ENRICH Act

Official title: To provide for a grants program to develop and enhance integrated nutrition curricula in medical schools.

Introduced: July 30, 2014 See on congress.gov

Health CancerCardiovascular and respiratory healthDigestive and metabolic diseasesEducation programs funding

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Health programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careMedical educationNutrition and dietTeaching, teachers, curricula

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Apr 11, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Apr 8, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Apr 8, 2014

Introduced in House

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Latest action April 11, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanding Nutrition's Role in Curricula and Healthcare Act or the ENRICH Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of three-year competitive grants to accredited medical schools for the development or expansion of an integrated nutrition curriculum.

Describes such a curriculum as one that: (1) is based on best possible evidence to improve communication and provider preparedness in the prevention, management, and, as possible, reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer; and (2) addresses such topics as nutrition across the life cycle of members of at-risk populations and food insecurity and malnutrition among such individuals.

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