US Congress House Bill 4209 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-0)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Minority Diabetes Initiative Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities. HHS must ensure that these grants cover a variety of diabetes-related health care services, including routine care for diabetic patients, public education on diabetes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and treatment for kidney disease and other complications of diabetes.

Minority Diabetes Initiative Act

Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-12-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-12-10	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4209/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4209/BILLS-114hr4209ih.pdf