3.0.0 907 2023-01-11T19:45:51Z 2023-01-11T19:45:51Z Senate S S 2007-03-15 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-15T22:24:17Z GEDI Act 110 1544 HR 2007-03-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2007-03-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-03-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3215) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-03-20 False Health Child health Clinical trials Congress Congressional reporting requirements Diabetes Economics and Public Finance Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Health surveys Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Obesity Pregnancy Pregnant women Preventive medicine Science, Technology, Communications Vital statistics Women Women's health Health 00 2007-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-04T17:57:49Z Gestational Diabetes Act of 2007 or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to convene a Research Advisory Committee. Requires the Director of CDC to develop a multisite research project to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations or state health agencies for demonstration projects that test specified hypotheses about interventions designed to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and obesity among young women and implement relevant activities.

Requires the Director of CDC and the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to conduct and support basic, clinical, and public health research regarding gestational diabetes and obesity during pregnancy.

Requires the Director of CDC to encourage screening for gestational diabetes within state-based diabetes prevention and control programs to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its related complications.

]]> GEDI Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an Advisory Committee on Gestational Diabetes, to provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title GEDI Act Short Titles as Introduced GEDI Act Short Titles as Introduced Gestational Diabetes Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s907is/xml/BILLS-110s907is.xml 2007-03-15 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.