Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Minorities in medicine2008-05-05T20:00:00Zopencongress.orgtag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5816Bill Introduced: S.2983 Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-05:/action/1562662008-05-05T20:00:00Z
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.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.3333 Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-08-01:/action/1269242007-08-01T20:00:00Z
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and healthcare of racial and ethnic minority groups.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.3014 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-11:/action/1223482007-07-11T20:00:00Z
To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: S.1628 Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-13:/action/1183562007-06-13T20:00:00Z
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize programs to increase the number of nurse faculty and to increase the domestic nursing and physical therapy workforce, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: S.1576 Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-06-06:/action/1176742007-06-06T20:00:00Z
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and healthcare of racial and ethnic minority groups.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.2210 Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-07:/action/1114132007-05-07T20:00:00Z
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.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.1599 Expanding, Rebuilding, and Improving Access to Qualified Health Care Professionals in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Affected Areas Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-03-19:/action/969952007-03-19T20:00:00Z
To ensure an adequate supply of public health professionals, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: S.896 Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-14:/action/967342007-03-14T20:00:00Z
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and medical residents serving health professional shortage areas, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: S.605 Allied Health Reinvestment Acttag:opencongress.org,2007-02-14:/action/936612007-02-14T19:00:00Z
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professions.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.789 Office of Men's Health Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-30:/action/922872007-01-30T19:00:00Z
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Men's Health, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: S.429 Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-29:/action/920992007-01-29T19:00:00Z
A bill to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.410 United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-10:/action/901062007-01-10T19:00:00Z
To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of primary care physicians serving health professional shortage areas, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: S.64 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2007tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-03:/action/896512007-01-03T19:00:00Z
A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs to assist individuals in pursuing health careers and programs of grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.6275 Health Equity and Justice Act of 2006tag:opencongress.org,2006-09-28:/action/367162006-09-28T20:00:00Z
To improve the health of minority individuals.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5770 United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2006tag:opencongress.org,2006-07-11:/action/412132006-07-11T20:00:00Z
To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the physician manpower in the areas of primary care, psychiatric care, and emergency medicine in federally designated physician shortage areas, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.5225 Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Acttag:opencongress.org,2006-04-26:/action/489142006-04-26T20:00:00Z
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.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.386 Honoring Mary Eliza Mahoney, America's first professionally trained African-American nurse.tag:opencongress.org,2006-04-05:/action/389252006-04-05T20:00:00Z
Honoring Mary Eliza Mahoney, America's first professionally trained African-American nurse.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.4367 Domestic Violence Screening, Treatment, and Prevention Acttag:opencongress.org,2005-11-16:/action/577732005-11-16T19:00:00Z
To improve the health care system's response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through the training and education of health care providers, developing comprehensive public health responses to violence.<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: H.R.4115 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 East Hancock Street in Milledgeville, Georgia, as the "Boddie Davis Simmons Post Office Building".tag:opencongress.org,2005-10-19:/action/607132005-10-19T20:00:00Z
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 East Hancock Street in Milledgeville, Georgia, as the "Boddie Davis Simmons Post Office Building".<br /><br /> Bill Introduced: S.1575 Nurse Faculty Education Act of 2005tag:opencongress.org,2005-07-28:/action/651792005-07-28T20:00:00Z
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a demonstration program to increase the number of doctorally-prepared nurse faculty.<br /><br />