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108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5350
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for the
integration of innovative curricula on nutrition in medical education,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 8, 2004
Mr. Udall of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for the
integration of innovative curricula on nutrition in medical education,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Nutrition in Medical
Education Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. MEDICAL SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS.
Part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
294n et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Subpart 3--Medical School Nutrition Programs
``SEC. 775. GRANTS FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS.
``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary may award grants to accredited
schools of medicine to integrate innovative curricula on nutrition into
medical education.
``(b) Focus.--The Secretary shall ensure that innovative curricula
on nutrition developed and implemented under this section focus on
preventive health measures, including the following:
``(1) Education on the causes, treatment, and prevention of
obesity.
``(2) Office education and counseling to ensure appropriate
diet for mostly healthy people.
``(3) Prevention and treatment of common nutritional
deficiencies.
``(4) Appropriate and inappropriate use of herbs and
supplements.
``(5) Office recognition and treatment of common eating
disorders.
``(6) Identification of special dietary needs, eating
disorders, and appropriate routes of referral for medical
nutrition therapy.
``(c) Use of Funds.--The Secretary may not make a grant under
subsection (a) unless the school of medicine involved agrees to expend
the grant--
``(1) to develop innovative curricula on nutrition in
accordance with subsection (d);
``(2) to integrate such curricula, to the maximum extent
possible, into each year of a student's medical education at
the school, including with respect to preclinical and clinical
training; and
``(3) to evaluate the results achieved with such curricula.
``(d) Multidisciplinary Planning Committee.--
``(1) Establishment.--A school of medicine receiving a
grant under this section shall establish a multidisciplinary
planning committee to develop the innovative curricula on
nutrition to be integrated into the school's medical education.
``(2) Membership.--The members of a multidisciplinary
planning committee under this subsection--
``(A) shall include individuals who will be
responsible for implementing the proposed curricular
changes within the fields and disciplines of the
school's medical education program; and
``(B) should include representatives of fields and
disciplines outside of the school's medical education
program, such as nursing, nutrition, and public health.
``(e) Duration.--Each grant under this section shall be for a
period of 2 years.
``(f) Maximum Amount.--The Secretary may not make a grant to any
school under this section in an amount that exceeds--
``(1) $50,000 for any fiscal year; or
``(2) a total of $100,000.
``(g) Application.--
``(1) In general.--To seek a grant under this section, a
school of medicine shall submit an application at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary
may require.
``(2) Contents.--At a minimum, an application submitted
under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
``(A) A description of the following:
``(i) The expertise in nutrition of the
school's course directors and faculty members.
``(ii) The objectives of the program to be
carried out with the grant.
``(iii) The projected impact of the program
to be carried out with the grant.
``(iv) Any barriers to development or
implementation of innovative curricula on
nutrition at the school of medicine.
``(v) Strategies for overcoming each such
barrier.
``(vi) The school's ability to sustain
innovative curricula adopted and implemented
with the grant beyond the term of the grant.
``(B) A budget proposal for expending funds under
the grant.
``(C) Letters of support for the application from
the dean, and the associate dean for education, of the
school of medicine.
``(h) Report.--Not later than the end of the 2-year period
described in subsection (e) for a grant, the school of medicine
receiving the grant shall submit a report to the Secretary. Such report
shall include a description of the innovative curricula on nutrition
developed by the school and the results achieved through the use of
such curricula.
``(i) Dissemination.--Not later than 1 year after the end of the 2-
year period described in subsection (e) for all grants awarded under
this section, the Secretary shall--
``(1) prepare a consolidated report on the innovative
curricula on nutrition developed by grantees under this section
and the results achieved through the use of such curricula; and
``(2) disseminate such report to schools of medicine.
``(j) Definition.--In this section, the term `accredited' means
accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
``(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--
``(1) In general.--To carry out this section, there is
authorized to be appropriated $4,500,000 for the period of
fiscal years 2005 through 2006.
``(2) Administration.--Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated under this section, the Secretary may use not more
than $500,000 for costs associated with administration of this
section.''.
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