Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act

Bill: 108-hr-1916
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Agriculture and Food
Alaska
Asian American ethnic groups
Blacks
Child health
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinical trials
Clinics
Commemorations
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Diabetes
Diet
Discrimination in medical care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Environmentally induced diseases
Exercise
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Genetics
Government internships
Health counseling
Health education
Health planning
Health surveys
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Immunology and vaccination
Indian education
Indian medical care
Indigenous peoples
Labor and Employment
Managed care
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical supplies
Medical tests
Mental health services
Mentoring
Minorities
Minorities in medicine
Minority children
Minority education
Minority health
Native Americans
Nursing homes
Nutrition
Obesity
Pacific Islanders
Pregnant women
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Racial discrimination
Recruiting of employees
Research grants
Scholarships
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Special days
Special weeks
Sports and Recreation
Strategic planning
Student loan funds
Teachers
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, conduct, coordinate, and support research and other activities with respect to pre-diabetes and diabetes, particularly type 2, in minority populations. Directs that the activities shall include research on the causes and effects of health care access disparities and racial discrimination.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) expand the National Diabetes Education Program; and (2) through the Indian Health Service, conduct research on attention by health care professionals to the American Indian population with regard to diabetes.
Directs the Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee to develop a Federal plan to address diabetes mellitus within communities of color.
Requires the Secretary to conduct and support programs to treat diabetes in minority populations, including, through the National Institute of Mental Health, to provide for comprehensive mental health services and treatment to certain individuals.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to make grants to expand Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program internships and mentoring opportunities for recruitment of minorities in diabetes-focused health fields.
Provides for Federal and State loan repayment programs for health profession students of color.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the CDC, to: (1) expand the Diabetes Control Program; and (2) fund education and community outreach on diabetes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House