3.0.0 2983 2020-02-10T17:02:00Z 2020-02-10T17:02:00Z Senate S S 2008-05-06 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-06T20:48:33Z Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2007 110 2210 HR 2007-05-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2008-05-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2008-05-06 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2008-05-06 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-06-10 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2008-06-17 False Health 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 Health 00 2008-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-16T18:00:27Z 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.

]]> Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008 Display Title Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and cure diabetes and to promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes for the reduction of health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2983is/xml/BILLS-110s2983is.xml 2008-05-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.