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HR 4550 116th Congress House

Minority Diabetes Initiative Act

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities.

Introduced: September 27, 2019 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Health Digestive and metabolic diseasesHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive care
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Hearing, speech, and vision careMinority health
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Sep 30, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 27, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 27, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 30, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Minority Diabetes Initiative Act

This bill allows the Department 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. HHS must ensure that these 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 46
All 46 Democratic 34
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Oct 30, 2019
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DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Oct 18, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Oct 18, 2019
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Oct 1, 2019
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Sep 27, 2019
Brown, Anthony
· Sep 27, 2019
Butterfield, G. K.
· Sep 27, 2019
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 27, 2019
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Sep 27, 2019
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Sep 27, 2019
Fudge, Marcia
· Sep 27, 2019
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Sep 27, 2019
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Sep 27, 2019
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Sep 27, 2019
Lawrence, Brenda
· Sep 27, 2019
LEWIS, JOHN
· Sep 27, 2019
Maloney, Sean
· Sep 27, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Sep 27, 2019
Richmond, Cedric
· Sep 27, 2019
Sablan, Gregorio
· Sep 27, 2019
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 27, 2019
SERRANO, JOSE
· Sep 27, 2019
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Sep 27, 2019
Vela, Filemon
· Sep 27, 2019
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 27, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4550: Minority Diabetes Initiative Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4550/
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"H.R. 4550: Minority Diabetes Initiative Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4550/.
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H.R. 4550, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4550/.
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