US Congress House Bill 1634 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

EAT for Health Act of 2017 Education and Training for Health Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidelines to federal agencies to ensure that federal, full time primary care health professionals have continuing education relating to nutrition. Agencies must annually report information including the extent to which they have adopted and encouraged the guidelines. The continuing education must: (1) include content on the role of nutrition in the prevention, management, and reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer; and (2) meet requirements for continuing medical education or continuing education by medical or nurse practitioner professional organizations or certified accrediting bodies.

EAT for Health Act of 2017 Education and Training for Health Act of 2017

Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-03-20	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1634/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1634/BILLS-115hr1634ih.pdf