US Congress Senate Bill 907 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on May 8 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Gestational Diabetes Act or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a multisite gestational diabetes research project within the diabetes program of the CDC to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand and intensify public health research on gestational diabetes, including; (1) developing and testing novel approaches for improving postpartum testing or screening and for preventing type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes, and (2) conducting research to further understanding of the factors and health systems that influence the risk of gestational diabetes and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes. Requires the Director to: (1) award grants for demonstration projects to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes, the recurrence of such disease in subsequent pregnancies, and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) work with state and Indian tribal-based diabetes prevention and control programs assisted by the CDC to encourage postpartum follow-up after gestational diabetes to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its recurrence, the development of type 2 diabetes in at-risk women, and related complications.

GEDI Act

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1915 (Related) 2013-05-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/907/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s907/BILLS-113s907is.pdf