US Congress House Bill 4427 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: Introduced on April 8 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-04-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

ENRICH Act

Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-04-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4427/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4427/BILLS-113hr4427ih.pdf