Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2007
Latest action · May 8, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2007 - 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.
Cosponsors 88
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2007 to Sep 23, 2008; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Original | May 8, 2007 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | May 15, 2007 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | May 15, 2007 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jun 21, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Oct 22, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Dec 19, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jan 16, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Apr 1, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Apr 24, 2008 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 1, 2008 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | May 1, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 20, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | May 20, 2008 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | May 20, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | May 20, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | May 20, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | May 20, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jun 12, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Jun 12, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 29, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Sep 11, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Sep 23, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 8, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 8, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 8, 2007Introduced in House
- May 8, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- May 8, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-134 | ALTERNATE ENERGY-RELATED USES ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF60 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 7, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2983 | Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2008 | Related bill | May 6, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Diabetes Prevention Access and Care Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Agriculture and Food
- Alaska
- Asian American ethnic groups
- Blacks
- Boundaries
- Child health
- Clinical trials
- Clinics
- College administration
- Commemorations
- Community health services
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Diabetes
- Diet
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemiology
- Exercise
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Genetic research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health education
- Health promotion
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Hospital care
- Indian education
- Indian medical care
- Indigenous peoples
- Laboratories
- Latin America
- Medical education
- Medical laboratories
- Medical personnel
- Medical research
- Medical supplies
- Mentoring
- Mexico
- Minorities
- Minorities in medicine
- Minority children
- Minority health
- Native Americans
- Nursing homes
- Nutrition
- Obesity
- Pacific Islanders
- Pregnancy
- Pregnant women
- Preventive medicine
- Public health personnel
- Public service advertising
- Quality of care
- Research grants
- Scholarships
- School administration
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Special days
- Special weeks
- Sports and Recreation
- Student loan funds
- Teachers
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
