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.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Nutrition in Medical 
Education Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. MEDICAL SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS.

    Part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
294n et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

             ``Subpart 3--Medical School Nutrition Programs

``SEC. 775. GRANTS FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary may award grants to accredited 
schools of medicine to integrate innovative curricula on nutrition into 
medical education.
    ``(b) Focus.--The Secretary shall ensure that innovative curricula 
on nutrition developed and implemented under this section focus on 
preventive health measures, including the following:
            ``(1) Education on the causes, treatment, and prevention of 
        obesity.
            ``(2) Office education and counseling to ensure appropriate 
        diet for mostly healthy people.
            ``(3) Prevention and treatment of common nutritional 
        deficiencies.
            ``(4) Appropriate and inappropriate use of herbs and 
        supplements.
            ``(5) Office recognition and treatment of common eating 
        disorders.
            ``(6) Identification of special dietary needs, eating 
        disorders, and appropriate routes of referral for medical 
        nutrition therapy.
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--The Secretary may not make a grant under 
subsection (a) unless the school of medicine involved agrees to expend 
the grant--
            ``(1) to develop innovative curricula on nutrition in 
        accordance with subsection (d);
            ``(2) to integrate such curricula, to the maximum extent 
        possible, into each year of a student's medical education at 
        the school, including with respect to preclinical and clinical 
        training; and
            ``(3) to evaluate the results achieved with such curricula.
    ``(d) Multidisciplinary Planning Committee.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--A school of medicine receiving a 
        grant under this section shall establish a multidisciplinary 
        planning committee to develop the innovative curricula on 
        nutrition to be integrated into the school's medical education.
            ``(2) Membership.--The members of a multidisciplinary 
        planning committee under this subsection--
                    ``(A) shall include individuals who will be 
                responsible for implementing the proposed curricular 
                changes within the fields and disciplines of the 
                school's medical education program; and
                    ``(B) should include representatives of fields and 
                disciplines outside of the school's medical education 
                program, such as nursing, nutrition, and public health.
    ``(e) Duration.--Each grant under this section shall be for a 
period of 2 years.
    ``(f) Maximum Amount.--The Secretary may not make a grant to any 
school under this section in an amount that exceeds--
            ``(1) $50,000 for any fiscal year; or
            ``(2) a total of $100,000.
    ``(g) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--To seek a grant under this section, a 
        school of medicine shall submit an application at such time, in 
        such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
        may require.
            ``(2) Contents.--At a minimum, an application submitted 
        under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
                    ``(A) A description of the following:
                            ``(i) The expertise in nutrition of the 
                        school's course directors and faculty members.
                            ``(ii) The objectives of the program to be 
                        carried out with the grant.
                            ``(iii) The projected impact of the program 
                        to be carried out with the grant.
                            ``(iv) Any barriers to development or 
                        implementation of innovative curricula on 
                        nutrition at the school of medicine.
                            ``(v) Strategies for overcoming each such 
                        barrier.
                            ``(vi) The school's ability to sustain 
                        innovative curricula adopted and implemented 
                        with the grant beyond the term of the grant.
                    ``(B) A budget proposal for expending funds under 
                the grant.
                    ``(C) Letters of support for the application from 
                the dean, and the associate dean for education, of the 
                school of medicine.
    ``(h) Report.--Not later than the end of the 2-year period 
described in subsection (e) for a grant, the school of medicine 
receiving the grant shall submit a report to the Secretary. Such report 
shall include a description of the innovative curricula on nutrition 
developed by the school and the results achieved through the use of 
such curricula.
    ``(i) Dissemination.--Not later than 1 year after the end of the 2-
year period described in subsection (e) for all grants awarded under 
this section, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) prepare a consolidated report on the innovative 
        curricula on nutrition developed by grantees under this section 
        and the results achieved through the use of such curricula; and
            ``(2) disseminate such report to schools of medicine.
    ``(j) Definition.--In this section, the term `accredited' means 
accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
    ``(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--To carry out this section, there is 
        authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000 for the period of 
        fiscal years 2005 through 2006.
            ``(2) Administration.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
        appropriated under this section, the Secretary may use not more 
        than $500,000 for costs associated with administration of this 
        section.''.

Summary: Enhancing Nutrition in Medical Education Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to schools of medicine to integrate innovative curricula on nutrition into medical education. Requires the Secretary to ensure that such curricula focus on preventive health measures, including : (1) education on the causes, treatment, and prevention of obesity; (2) office education and counseling to ensure an appropriate diet for mostly healthy people; (3) prevention and treatment of common nutritional deficiencies; (4) the appropriate and inappropriate use of herbs and supplements; (5) office recognition and treatment of common eating disorders; and (6) identification of special dietary needs, eating disorders, and appropriate routes of referral for medical nutrition therapy.

Requires grantees to: (1) develop innovative curricula; (2) integrate such curricula into the medical education at the school; (3) evaluate the results achieved with the curricula; (4) establish a multidisciplinary planning committee to develop the curricula; and (5) report to the Secretary on the developed curricula and results achieved.

Requires the Secretary to prepare a consolidated report on the curricula and results achieved by grantees and to disseminate such report to schools of medicine.