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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10193 

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

treatment for diabetes in minority communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CARSON, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON

COLEMAN, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. 

ADAMS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. LEE of California, and Ms. GARCIA of Texas) 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minority Diabetes Ini5 tiative Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DIABETES IN 

2 MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 

3 Subpart I of part D of title III of the Public Health 

4 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by insert5 ing after section 330P (42 U.S.C. 330P 254c–22) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 330Q. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DIABE8 TES IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 

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

10 to public and nonprofit private health care providers for 

11 the purpose of providing treatment for diabetes in minor12 ity communities. 

13 ‘‘(b) RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—The public and non14 profit private health care providers to whom grants may 

15 be made under subsection (a) include physicians, podia16 trists, community-based organizations, health care organi17 zations, community health centers, and State, local, and 

18 tribal health departments. 

19 ‘‘(c) SCOPE OF TREATMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Sec20 retary shall ensure that grants under subsection (a) cover 

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

22 routine care for diabetic patients, public education on dia23 betes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and 

24 treatment for kidney disease and other complications of 

25 diabetes. 


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1 ‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi2 tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 

3 the applicant involved agrees that, in the program carried 

4 out with the grant, services will be provided in the lan5 guages most appropriate for, and with consideration for 

6 the cultural backgrounds of, the individuals for whom the 

7 services are provided. 

8 ‘‘(e) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re9 ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 

10 involved agrees to provide outreach activities to inform the 

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

12 information on diabetes. 

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

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

15 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

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

17 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec18 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

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

20 purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 

21 to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 

22 each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2030.’’. 

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