I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2351 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to provide 
treatment for diabetes in minority communities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 4, 2017 
Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 
Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 
TAKANO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, 
Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. LEE, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. SEWELL of 
Alabama, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. CLAY, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. CORREA, Mr. VELA, Mr. 
GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. JUDY CHU of 
California, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minority Diabetes Ini-
tiative Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DIABETES IN 
MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 
Subpart I of part D of title III of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 330M the following: 
‘‘SEC. 330N. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT OF DIABE-
TES IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to public and nonprofit private health care providers for 
the purpose of providing treatment for diabetes in minor-
ity communities. 
‘‘(b) RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—The public and non-
profit private health care providers to whom grants may 
be made under subsection (a) include physicians, podia-
trists, community-based organizations, health care organi-
zations, community health centers, and State, local, and 
tribal health departments. 
‘‘(c) SCOPE OF TREATMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that grants under subsection (a) cover 
a variety of diabetes-related health care services, including 
routine care for diabetic patients, public education on dia-
betes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and 
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treatment for kidney disease and other complications of 
diabetes. 
‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi-
tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 
the applicant involved agrees that, in the program carried 
out with the grant, services will be provided in the lan-
guages most appropriate for, and with consideration for 
the cultural backgrounds of, the individuals for whom the 
services are provided. 
‘‘(e) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re-
ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 
involved agrees to provide outreach activities to inform the 
public of the services of the program, and to provide offsite 
information on diabetes. 
‘‘(f) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 
grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 
is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 
such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2023.’’. 
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