Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2983
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2008-05-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Agriculture and Food
Alaska
Asian American ethnic groups
Blacks
Boundaries
Child health
Clinical trials
Clinics
College administration
Commemorations
Community health services
Congressional reporting requirements
Diabetes
Diet
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Exercise
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Government Operations and Politics
Health counseling
Health education
Health promotion
Health surveys
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Hospital care
Indian education
Indian medical care
Indigenous peoples
Laboratories
Latin America
Medical education
Medical laboratories
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical supplies
Mentoring
Mexico
Minorities
Minorities in medicine
Minority children
Minority health
Native Americans
Nursing homes
Nutrition
Obesity
Pacific Islanders
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Preventive medicine
Public health personnel
Public service advertising
Quality of care
Research grants
Scholarships
School administration
Science, Technology, Communications
Special days
Special weeks
Sports and Recreation
Student loan funds
Teachers
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2008-05-06
text: 
Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to: (1) conduct, coordinate, and support research and other activities with respect to pre-diabetes and diabetes in minority populations; and (2) conduct and support programs to treat diabetes in minority populations.

Requires the Director of NIH, through the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to provide for: (1) health care professionals' mentoring; and (2) minority health professionals' participation in diabetes-focused research programs.

Directs the Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee to develop and implement a federal plan to address diabetes mellitus within communities of color.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) conduct and support research and other activities with respect to diabetes in minority populations; (2) direct the Division of Diabetes Translation to conduct and support programs to educate the public on diabetes in minority populations; and (3) carry out diabetes health promotion and prevention programs for minority populations.

Directs the Secretary to carry out: (1) education and awareness programs designed to increase participation of minority populations in clinical trials; and (2) mentorship programs for minority researchers who are conducting research on diabetes in minority populations.

Provides for studies on the shortage of adult and pediatric endocrinologists specializing in diabetes and on outcomes of minority children with diabetes compared to non-minority children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2008-05-06
text: Introduced in Senate