Inclusive Diabetes Research and Education Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct and support research and public health activities with respect to diabetes in minority populations, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 17, 2020 Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Sec- retary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct and support research and public health activities with respect to diabetes in minority pop- ulations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Inclusive Diabetes Re- 4 search and Education Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:00 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9007.IH H9007 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 9007 IH SEC. 2. RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. 1 Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 2 (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 3 the following new section: 4 ‘‘SEC. 317V. DIABETES IN MINORITY POPULATIONS. 5 ‘‘(a) RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.— 6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 7 through the Director of the Centers for Disease 8 Control and Prevention, shall conduct and support 9 research and public health activities with respect to 10 diabetes in minority populations. 11 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.—Activities under 12 paragraph (1) regarding diabetes in minority popu- 13 lations shall include the following: 14 ‘‘(A) Further enhancing the National 15 Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by 16 oversampling Asian Americans, Native Hawai- 17 ians, and Pacific Islanders in appropriate geo- 18 graphic areas to better determine the preva- 19 lence of diabetes in such populations as well as 20 to improve the data collection of diabetes pene- 21 tration disaggregated into major ethnic groups 22 within such populations. The Secretary shall en- 23 sure that any such oversampling does not re- 24 duce the oversampling of other minority popu- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:00 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9007.IH H9007 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 9007 IH lations including African-American and Latino 1 populations. 2 ‘‘(B) Through the Division of Diabetes 3 Translation— 4 ‘‘(i) providing for prevention research 5 to better understand how to influence 6 health care systems changes to improve 7 quality of care being delivered to such pop- 8 ulations; 9 ‘‘(ii) carrying out model demonstra- 10 tion projects to design, implement, and 11 evaluate effective diabetes prevention and 12 control interventions for minority popu- 13 lations, including culturally appropriate 14 community-based interventions; 15 ‘‘(iii) developing and implementing a 16 strategic plan to reduce diabetes in minor- 17 ity populations through applied research to 18 reduce disparities and culturally and lin- 19 guistically appropriate community-based 20 interventions; 21 ‘‘(iv) supporting, through the national 22 diabetes prevention program under section 23 399V–3, diabetes prevention program sites 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:00 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9007.IH H9007 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 9007 IH in underserved regions highly impacted by 1 diabetes; and 2 ‘‘(v) implementing, through the na- 3 tional diabetes prevention program under 4 section 399V–3, a demonstration program 5 developing new metrics measuring health 6 outcomes related to diabetes that can be 7 stratified by specific minority populations. 8 ‘‘(b) EDUCATION.—The Secretary, acting through 9 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- 10 vention, shall direct the Division of Diabetes Translation 11 to conduct and support both programs to educate the pub- 12 lic on diabetes in minority populations and programs to 13 educate minority populations about the causes and effects 14 of diabetes. 15 ‘‘(c) DIABETES; HEALTH PROMOTION, PREVENTION 16 ACTIVITIES, AND ACCESS.—The Secretary, acting through 17 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- 18 vention and the National Diabetes Education Program, 19 shall conduct and support programs to educate specific 20 minority populations through culturally appropriate and 21 linguistically appropriate information campaigns about 22 prevention of, and managing, diabetes. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:00 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9007.IH H9007 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 9007 IH ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 1 term ‘minority population’ means a racial and ethnic mi- 2 nority group, as defined in section 1707.’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:00 Jan 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H9007.IH H9007 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS