3.0.0 1634 2023-01-11T13:35:34Z 2023-01-11T13:35:34Z House HR 2017-03-20 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 48 (Monday, March 20, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GRIJALVA:H.R. 1634.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8.[Page H2241]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-03-24T17:42:51Z Referred to 2017-03-20T16:02:10Z 2017-03-24 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-03-20 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-03-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-03-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 3 N G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] John Garamendi D CA 3 2017-03-20 True J000032 Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON LEE D TX 18 2017-03-20 True R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 40 2017-03-20 True R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2017-03-20 True H001050 Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1] Colleen Hanabusa D HI 1 2018-10-05 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 2017-03-20 Introduced in House 2017-07-13T17:31:49Z Education and Training for Health Act of 2017 or the EAT for Health Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidelines to federal agencies to ensure that federal, full time primary care health professionals have continuing education relating to nutrition. Agencies must annually report information including the extent to which they have adopted and encouraged the guidelines.

The continuing education must: (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 2017 Display Title EAT for Health Act of 2017 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 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Education and Training for Health Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr1634ih/xml/BILLS-115hr1634ih.xml 2017-03-24 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.