US Congress House Bill 4404 (Prior Session Legislation)

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December 19 2009 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Minority Diabetes Initiative Act

Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Payne, Donald M.	Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille
Rep Rush, Bobby L.	Rep Sestak, Joe	Rep Waters, Maxine	Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr.
Rep Meeks, Gregory W.	Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana	Rep Sablan, Gregorio	Rep Cao, Anh "Joseph"
Rep Etheridge, Bob	Rep Moore, Gwen	Rep Kildee, Dale E.	Rep Honda, Michael M.
Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Barrow, John	Rep Baca, Joe	Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z.
Rep Brown, Corrine	Rep Christensen, Donna M.	Rep Cleaver, Emanuel	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.
Rep Davis, Danny K.	Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Green, Al	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
Rep Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-12-19		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-12-16		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN04404:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr4404ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr4404ih.pdf