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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4550 

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

treatment for diabetes in minority communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. LEE of 

California, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. 

MOORE, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. WILD, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 

RUSH, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. VELA, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. SMITH

of Washington, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mrs. LURIA, 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 

Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 

Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SEAN

PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. 

BASS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. SOTO, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. VEASEY, 

Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. COX of California, Mr. 

SIRES, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Ms. 

MUCARSEL-POWELL, and Mr. COSTA) 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 Subpart I of part D of title III of the Public Health 

7 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by insert8 ing after section 330M the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 330N. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DIABE10 TES 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 agrees that, in the program carried 

6 out with the grant, services will be provided in the lan7 guages most appropriate for, and with consideration for 

8 the cultural backgrounds of, the individuals for whom the 

9 services are provided. 

10 ‘‘(e) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re11 ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 

12 involved agrees to provide outreach activities to inform the 

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

14 information on diabetes. 

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

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

17 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

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

19 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec20 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

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

22 purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 

23 to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 

24 each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2025.’’. 

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