Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prevent and cure diabetes and to promote and improve the care of individuals with diabetes for the reduction of health disparities within racial and ethnic minority groups, including the African-American, Hispanic American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities.

5/6/2008--Introduced.
Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to:
(1) conduct, coordinate, and support research and other activities with respect to pre-diabetes and diabetes in minority populations; and
(2) conduct and support programs to treat diabetes in minority populations.
Requires the Director of NIH, through the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to provide for:
(1) health care professionals' mentoring; and
(2) minority health professionals' participation in diabetes-focused research programs.
Directs the Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee to develop and implement a federal plan to address diabetes mellitus within communities of color.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to:
(1) conduct and support research and other activities with respect to diabetes in minority populations;
(2) direct the Division of Diabetes Translation to conduct and support programs to educate the public on diabetes in minority populations; and
(3) carry out diabetes health promotion and prevention programs for minority populations.
Directs the Secretary to carry out:
(1) education and awareness programs designed to increase participation of minority populations in clinical trials; and
(2) mentorship programs for minority researchers who are conducting research on diabetes in minority populations.
Provides for studies on the shortage of adult and pediatric endocrinologists specializing in diabetes and on outcomes of minority children with diabetes compared to non-minority children.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
• and 4 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. C. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
  • Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
  • Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2983

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
May 06, 2008

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• May 06, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Introduced on May 06, 2008.

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