US Congress House Bill 4378 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on April 2 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-04-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Education and Training for Health Act of 2014 or the EAT for Health Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidelines to federal agencies for developing procedures and requirements to ensure that every primary care health professional employed full-time for such agencies have at least six credits of continuing medical education courses relating to nutrition. Requires these to include at least courses on the role of nutrition in the prevention, management, and, as possible, reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. Requires each agency employing such primary care professionals to report to Congress annually on the extent to which it has adopted and enforced the guidelines issued under this Act with respect to those employed during any portion of the previous year.

EAT for Health Act of 2014

Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]

Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]

Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-04-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4378/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4378/BILLS-113hr4378ih.pdf