IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1995 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

AN ACT 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 

prepare a report on the research and other public health 

activities of the Department of Health and Human Services with respect to diabetes among minority populations. 

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 ‘‘Diabetes in Minority 

3 Populations Evaluation Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPORT ON RESEARCH AND OTHER PUBLIC 

5 HEALTH ACTIVITIES OF HHS WITH RESPECT 

6 TO DIABETES AMONG MINORITY POPU7 LATIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 

10 and Human Services shall submit to the Congress a report 

11 on the research and other public health activities of the 

12 Department of Health and Human Services with respect 

13 to diabetes among minority populations. 

14 (b) REQUIRED CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the re15 port under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to re16 search and activities described in subsection (a), the fol17 lowing: 

18 (1) EVALUATION.—An evaluation of the fol19 lowing: 

20 (A) Research on diabetes among minority 

21 populations, including with respect to— 

22 (i) genetic, behavioral, and environ23 mental factors that may contribute to dis24 proportionate rates of diabetes among 

25 these populations; and 


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1 (ii) prevention of complications among 

2 individuals within these populations who 

3 have already developed diabetes. 

4 (B) Surveillance and data collection on dia5 betes among minority populations, including 

6 with respect to— 

7 (i) efforts to better determine the 

8 prevalence of diabetes among Asian Ameri9 cans and Pacific Islanders subgroups; and 

10 (ii) efforts to coordinate data collec11 tion on the American Indian population. 

12 (C) Community-based interventions tar13 geting minority populations, including with re14 spect to— 

15 (i) the evidence base for such inter16 ventions; 

17 (ii) the cultural appropriateness of 

18 such interventions; and 

19 (iii) efforts to educate the public on 

20 the causes and consequences of diabetes. 

21 (D) Education and training of health pro22 fessionals (including community health workers) 

23 on the prevention and management of diabetes 

24 and its related complications that is supported 


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1 by the Health Resources and Services Adminis2 tration, including through— 

3 (i) the National Health Service Corps 

4 program; and 

5 (ii) the community health center pro6 gram. 

7 (2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Recommendations 

8 for improvement of the research and other public 

9 health activities of the Department of Health and 

10 Human Services with respect to diabetes among mi11 nority populations, including recommendations for 

12 coordination and comprehensive planning of such re13 search and activities. 

14 (c) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘minority 

15 population’’ means a racial and ethnic minority group, as 

16 defined in section 1707(g) of the Public Health Service 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–6(g)). 

Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 

2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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