SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
GUIDELINES, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AN-
NUAL REPORTS, RELATING TO CERTAIN PRI-
MARY 
CARE 
FEDERAL 
HEALTH 
PROFES-
SIONALS COMPLETING CONTINUING MED-
ICAL EDUCATION ON NUTRITION. 
(a) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall issue guidelines to Federal 
agencies for developing procedures and requirements to 
ensure that every primary care health professional em-
ployed full-time for such agencies have continuing edu-
cation courses relating to nutrition (as described in sub-
section (c)). 
(b) BIANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and each subse-
quent year, the head of each Federal agency that employs 
full-time primary care health professionals shall submit to 
Congress a report attesting, in a form and manner speci-
fied by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to 
the extent to which the agency has adopted and encour-
aged the guidelines issued under subsection (a) with re-
spect to such professionals employed by such agency dur-
ing any portion of the previous year. If the agency, with 
respect to such previous year, did not fully adopt and en-
courage such guidelines with respect to such professionals, 
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the head of the agency shall include in the report for the 
year the percentage of such professionals employed by 
such agency to furnish primary care services who com-
pleted continuing education courses relating to nutrition 
(as described in subsection (c)). 
(c) CONTINUING EDUCATION RELATING TO NUTRI-
TION.—For purposes of subsections (a) and (b), con-
tinuing education courses relating to nutrition shall in-
clude at least content on the role of nutrition, in the pre-
vention, management, and, as possible, reversal of obesity, 
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act: 
(1) CONTINUING EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘con-
tinuing education’’ is defined as courses that meet 
requirements for Continuing Medical Education 
(CME) or Continuing Education (CE) by medical or 
nurse practitioner professional organizations or cer-
tified accrediting bodies. 
(2) NURSE PRACTITIONER.—The term ‘‘nurse 
practitioner’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 1861(aa)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(5)). 
(3) PHYSICIAN.—The term ‘‘physician’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 1861(r)(1) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(r)(1)). 
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(4) PRIMARY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.— 
The term ‘‘primary care health professional’’ means 
a physician or nurse practitioner who furnishes pri-
mary care services. 
(5) PRIMARY CARE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘pri-
mary care services’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 1842(i)(4) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395u(i)(4)), but shall include such serv-
ices furnished by a nurse practitioner as would oth-
erwise be included if furnished by a physician. 
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