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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5350

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for the integration of innovative curricula on nutrition in medical education, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 8, 2004

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico 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 

for the integration of innovative curricula on nutrition 

in medical education, and for other purposes.

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 ‘‘Enhancing Nutrition 

5 in Medical Education Act of 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MEDICAL SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS. 

7 Part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 294n et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

9 the following: 
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1 ‘‘Subpart 3—Medical School Nutrition Programs 

2 ‘‘SEC. 775. GRANTS FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL NUTRITION PRO3 GRAMS. 

4 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may award 

5 grants to accredited schools of medicine to integrate inno6 vative curricula on nutrition into medical education. 

7 ‘‘(b) FOCUS.—The Secretary shall ensure that inno8 vative curricula on nutrition developed and implemented 

9 under this section focus on preventive health measures, 

10 including the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) Education on the causes, treatment, and 

12 prevention of obesity. 

13 ‘‘(2) Office education and counseling to ensure 

14 appropriate diet for mostly healthy people. 

15 ‘‘(3) Prevention and treatment of common nu16 tritional deficiencies. 

17 ‘‘(4) Appropriate and inappropriate use of 

18 herbs and supplements. 

19 ‘‘(5) Office recognition and treatment of com20 mon eating disorders. 

21 ‘‘(6) Identification of special dietary needs, eat22 ing disorders, and appropriate routes of referral for 

23 medical nutrition therapy. 

24 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may not make 

25 a grant under subsection (a) unless the school of medicine 

26 involved agrees to expend the grant—
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1 ‘‘(1) to develop innovative curricula on nutrition 

2 in accordance with subsection (d); 

3 ‘‘(2) to integrate such curricula, to the max4 imum extent possible, into each year of a student’s 

5 medical education at the school, including with re6 spect to preclinical and clinical training; and 

7 ‘‘(3) to evaluate the results achieved with such 

8 curricula. 

9 ‘‘(d) MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLANNING COMMITTEE.—

10 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—A school of medicine 

11 receiving a grant under this section shall establish a 

12 multidisciplinary planning committee to develop the 

13 innovative curricula on nutrition to be integrated 

14 into the school’s medical education. 

15 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of a multi16 disciplinary planning committee under this sub17 section—

18 ‘‘(A) shall include individuals who will be 

19 responsible for implementing the proposed cur20 ricular changes within the fields and disciplines 

21 of the school’s medical education program; and 

22 ‘‘(B) should include representatives of 

23 fields and disciplines outside of the school’s 

24 medical education program, such as nursing, 

25 nutrition, and public health. 
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1 ‘‘(e) DURATION.—Each grant under this section shall 

2 be for a period of 2 years. 

3 ‘‘(f) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary may not 

4 make a grant to any school under this section in an 

5 amount that exceeds—

6 ‘‘(1) $50,000 for any fiscal year; or 

7 ‘‘(2) a total of $100,000. 

8 ‘‘(g) APPLICATION.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To seek a grant under this 

10 section, a school of medicine shall submit an applica11 tion at such time, in such manner, and containing 

12 such information as the Secretary may require. 

13 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, an applica14 tion submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(A) A description of the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) The expertise in nutrition of the 

18 school’s course directors and faculty mem19 bers. 

20 ‘‘(ii) The objectives of the program to 

21 be carried out with the grant. 

22 ‘‘(iii) The projected impact of the pro23 gram to be carried out with the grant. 
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1 ‘‘(iv) Any barriers to development or 

2 implementation of innovative curricula on 

3 nutrition at the school of medicine. 

4 ‘‘(v) Strategies for overcoming each 

5 such barrier. 

6 ‘‘(vi) The school’s ability to sustain 

7 innovative curricula adopted and imple8 mented with the grant beyond the term of 

9 the grant. 

10 ‘‘(B) A budget proposal for expending 

11 funds under the grant. 

12 ‘‘(C) Letters of support for the application 

13 from the dean, and the associate dean for edu14 cation, of the school of medicine. 

15 ‘‘(h) REPORT.—Not later than the end of the 2-year 

16 period described in subsection (e) for a grant, the school 

17 of medicine receiving the grant shall submit a report to 

18 the Secretary. Such report shall include a description of 

19 the innovative curricula on nutrition developed by the 

20 school and the results achieved through the use of such 

21 curricula. 

22 ‘‘(i) DISSEMINATION.—Not later than 1 year after 

23 the end of the 2-year period described in subsection (e) 

24 for all grants awarded under this section, the Secretary 

25 shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) prepare a consolidated report on the inno2 vative curricula on nutrition developed by grantees 

3 under this section and the results achieved through 

4 the use of such curricula; and 

5 ‘‘(2) disseminate such report to schools of medi6 cine. 

7 ‘‘(j) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘accred8 ited’ means accredited by the Liaison Committee on Med9 ical Education. 

10 ‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this section, 

12 there is authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000 

13 for the period of fiscal years 2005 through 2006. 

14 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—Of the amounts au15 thorized to be appropriated under this section, the 

16 Secretary may use not more than $500,000 for costs 

17 associated with administration of this section.’’.

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