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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4404 

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

treatment for diabetes in minority communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2009 

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. KILDEE, and Ms. BORDALLO) 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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DIABETES IN 

7 MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 

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

9 (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

10 section 330L the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 330M. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DIABE2 TES IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 

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

4 to public and nonprofit private health care providers for 

5 the purpose of providing treatment for diabetes in minor6 ity communities. 

7 ‘‘(b) RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—The public and non8 profit private health care providers to whom grants may 

9 be made under subsection (a) include physicians, podia10 trists, community-based organizations, health care organi11 zations, community health centers, and State, local, and 

12 tribal health departments. 

13 ‘‘(c) SCOPE OF TREATMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Sec14 retary shall ensure that grants under subsection (a) cover 

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

16 routine care for diabetic patients, public education on dia17 betes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and 

18 treatment for kidney disease and other complications of 

19 diabetes. 

20 ‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi21 tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 

22 the applicant involved agrees that, in the program carried 

23 out with the grant, services will be provided in the lan24 guages most appropriate for, and with consideration for 

25 the cultural backgrounds of, the individuals for whom the 

26 services are provided. 


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1 ‘‘(e) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re2 ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 

3 involved agrees to provide outreach activities to inform the 

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

5 information on diabetes. 

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

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

8 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

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

10 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec11 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

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

13 purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 

14 to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 

15 each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2015.’’. 

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