3.0.0 3057 2023-01-11T13:30:30Z 2023-01-11T13:30:30Z House HR 2015-07-14 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GRIJALVA:H.R. 3057.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 8.[Page H5172]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-17T15:25:59Z Referred to 2015-07-14T14:02:20Z 2015-07-17 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2015-07-14 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2015-07-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 N T000467 Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5] Glenn Thompson R PA 5 2015-07-16 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Cancer Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Digestive and metabolic diseases Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Medical education Nursing Nutrition and diet Health 00 2015-07-14 Introduced in House 2015-09-23T21:54:40Z Education and Training for Health Act of 2015 or the EAT for Health Act of 2015

Directs the Department of Health and Human Services 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 continuing education courses relating to nutrition. Requires each agency to report to Congress annually on the extent to which it has adopted and encouraged such guidelines for such primary care professionals it employed during any portion of the previous year.

Requires such courses to: (1) include content on the role of nutrition in the prevention, management, and reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer; and (2) meet requirements for Continuing Medical Education or Continuing Education by medical or nurse practitioner professional organizations or certified accrediting bodies.

]]> EAT for Health Act of 2015 Display Title EAT for Health Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue to Federal agencies guidelines for developing procedures and requirements relating to certain primary care Federal health professionals completing continuing medical education on nutrition and to require Federal agencies to submit annual reports relating to such guidelines, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced EAT for Health Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced Education and Training for Health Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3057ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3057ih.xml 2015-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.