[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1995 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1995


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2010

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare a 
   report on the research and other public health activities of the 
Department of Health and Human Services with respect to diabetes among 
                         minority populations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Diabetes in Minority Populations 
Evaluation Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON RESEARCH AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES OF HHS 
              WITH RESPECT TO DIABETES AMONG MINORITY POPULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
submit to the Congress a report on the research and other public health 
activities of the Department of Health and Human Services with respect 
to diabetes among minority populations.
    (b) Required Contents.--At a minimum, the report under subsection 
(a) shall include, with respect to research and activities described in 
subsection (a), the following:
            (1) Evaluation.--An evaluation of the following:
                    (A) Research on diabetes among minority 
                populations, including with respect to--
                            (i) genetic, behavioral, and environmental 
                        factors that may contribute to disproportionate 
                        rates of diabetes among these populations; and
                            (ii) prevention of complications among 
                        individuals within these populations who have 
                        already developed diabetes.
                    (B) Surveillance and data collection on diabetes 
                among minority populations, including with respect to--
                            (i) efforts to better determine the 
                        prevalence of diabetes among Asian Americans 
                        and Pacific Islanders subgroups; and
                            (ii) efforts to coordinate data collection 
                        on the American Indian population.
                    (C) Community-based interventions targeting 
                minority populations, including with respect to--
                            (i) the evidence base for such 
                        interventions;
                            (ii) the cultural appropriateness of such 
                        interventions; and
                            (iii) efforts to educate the public on the 
                        causes and consequences of diabetes.
                    (D) Education and training of health professionals 
                (including community health workers) on the prevention 
                and management of diabetes and its related 
                complications that is supported by the Health Resources 
                and Services Administration, including through--
                            (i) the National Health Service Corps 
                        program; and
                            (ii) the community health center program.
            (2) Recommendations.--Recommendations for improvement of 
        the research and other public health activities of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services with respect to 
        diabetes among minority populations, including recommendations 
        for coordination and comprehensive planning of such research 
        and activities.
    (c) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``minority population'' 
means a racial and ethnic minority group, as defined in section 1707(g) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-6(g)).

            Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.