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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2553

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to provide 

treatment for diabetes in minority communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19, 2003

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. HONDA, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

of Texas, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

FROST, Ms. LEE, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. 

KILPATRICK, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. RUSH, and Mr. HASTINGS

of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants 

to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minority Diabetes Ini3 tiative Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DIABETES IN 

5 MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 

6 Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

8 section 330K the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 330L. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DIABETES 

10 IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 

12 to public and nonprofit private health care providers for 

13 the purpose of providing treatment for diabetes in minor14 ity communities. 

15 ‘‘(b) RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—The public and non16 profit private health care providers to whom grants may 

17 be made under subsection (a) include physicians, podia18 trists, community-based organizations, health care organi19 zations, community health centers, and State, local, and 

20 tribal health departments. 

21 ‘‘(c) SCOPE OF TREATMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Sec22 retary shall ensure that grants under subsection (a) cover 

23 a variety of diabetes-related health care services, including 

24 routine care for diabetic patients, public education on dia25 betes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and 
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1 treatment for kidney disease and other complications of 

2 diabetes. 

3 ‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi4 tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 

5 the applicant involved agree that, in the program carried 

6 out with the grant, services will be provided in the lan7 guages and cultural contexts most appropriate for the in8 dividuals for whom the services are provided. 

9 ‘‘(e) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re10 ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 

11 involved agree to provide outreach activities to inform the 

12 public of the services of the program, and to provide offsite 

13 information on diabetes. 

14 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 

15 made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 

16 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

17 is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 

18 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec19 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

20 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

21 purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 

22 to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 

23 each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2008.’’.

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