,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ag1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,public ,health ,service ,act to direct 
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services1 acting through the ,director 
of the ,centers for ,disease ,control   
and ,prevention1 to conduct and support 
research and public health activities   
with respect to diabetes in minority    
populations1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,inclusive ,diabetes ,research  
and ,education ,act4  #b4 ,research1    
education1 and other activities ,part ,b
 of title ,,iii of the ,public ,health  
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdc et    
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following new section3  #cag,v4     
,diabetes in minority populations  7a7  
,research and other activities  7#a7 ,in

 general ,the ,secretary1 acting through
 the ,director of the ,centers for      
,disease ,control and ,prevention1 shall
 conduct and support research and public
 health activities with respect to      
diabetes in minority populations4  7#b7 
,certain activities ,activities under   
paragraph 7#a7 regarding diabetes in    
minority populations shall include the  
following3 7,a7 ,further enhancing the  
,national ,health and ,nutrition        
,examination ,survey by oversampling    
,asian ,americans1 ,native ,hawaiians1  
and ,pacific ,islanders in appropriate  
geographic areas to better determine the
 prevalence of diabetes in such         
populations as well as to improve the   
data collection of diabetes penetration 
disaggregated into major ethnic groups  
within such populations4 ,the ,secretary
 shall ensure that any such oversampling
 does not reduce the oversampling of    
other minority populations including    
,african-,american and ,latino          
populations4  7,b7 ,through the         

,division of ,diabetes ,translation--   
7i7 providing for prevention research to
 better understand how to influence     
health care systems changes to improve  
quality of care being delivered to such 
populations2  7ii7 carrying out model   
demonstration projects to design1       
implement1 and evaluate effective       
diabetes prevention and control         
interventions for minority populations1 
including culturally appropriate        
community-based interventions2  7iii7   
developing and implementing a strategic 
plan to reduce diabetes in minority     
populations through applied research to 
reduce disparities and culturally and   
linguistically appropriate              
community-based interventions2  7iv7    
supporting1 through the national        
diabetes prevention program under       
section #cii,v-#c1 diabetes prevention  
program sites in underserved regions    
highly impacted by diabetes2 and  7v7   
implementing1 through the national      
diabetes prevention program under       

section #cii,v-#c1 a demonstration      
program developing new metrics measuring
 health outcomes related to diabetes    
that can be stratified by specific      
minority populations4  7b7 ,education   
,the ,secretary1 acting through the     
,director of the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention1 shall direct  
the ,division of ,diabetes ,translation 
to conduct and support both programs to 
educate the public on diabetes in       
minority populations and programs to    
educate minority populations about the  
causes and effects of diabetes4  7c7    
,diabetes2 health promotion1 prevention 
activities1 and access ,the ,secretary1 
acting through the ,director of the     
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention and the ,national ,diabetes 
,education ,program1 shall conduct and  
support programs to educate specific    
minority populations through culturally 
appropriate and linguistically          
appropriate information campaigns about 
prevention of1 and managing1 diabetes4  

7d7 ,definition ,for purposes of this   
section1 the term minority population   
means a racial and ethnic minority      
group1 as defined in section #agjg4  4