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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2178 

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

treatment for diabetes in minority communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2021 

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 

CHU, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 

Mr. CARSON, Mr. COHEN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. JACKSON

LEE, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 

TLAIB, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. BROWN, Ms. BASS, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. WELCH, Mr. TORRES of New York, and Mr. JONES) 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 330M the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 330N. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DIABE7 TES IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 

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

9 to public and nonprofit private health care providers for 

10 the purpose of providing treatment for diabetes in minor11 ity communities. 

12 ‘‘(b) RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—The public and non13 profit private health care providers to whom grants may 

14 be made under subsection (a) include physicians, podia15 trists, community-based organizations, health care organi16 zations, community health centers, and State, local, and 

17 tribal health departments. 

18 ‘‘(c) SCOPE OF TREATMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Sec19 retary shall ensure that grants under subsection (a) cover 

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

21 routine care for diabetic patients, public education on dia22 betes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and 

23 treatment for kidney disease and other complications of 

24 diabetes. 

25 ‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi26 tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 


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1 the applicant involved agrees that, in the program carried 

2 out with the grant, services will be provided in the lan3 guages most appropriate for, and with consideration for 

4 the cultural backgrounds of, the individuals for whom the 

5 services are provided. 

6 ‘‘(e) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re7 ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 

8 involved agrees to provide outreach activities to inform the 

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

10 information on diabetes. 

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

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

13 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

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

15 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec16 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

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

18 purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 

19 to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 

20 each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2027.’’. 

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