Expanding Nutrition’s Role in Curricula and Healthcare Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 26, 2019)
Expanding Nutrition's Role in Curricula and Healthcare Act or the ENRICH Act
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a program of three-year competitive grants to accredited medical schools for the development or expansion of an integrated nutrition and physical-activity curriculum.
The curriculum must (1) be designed to improve communication and provider preparedness in the prevention, management, and reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer; and (2) address additional topics regarding individuals in at-risk populations, as practicable, including physical-activity and training programs, food insecurity, and malnutrition.
What just happenedMar 27, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 26, 2019
- Mar 27, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 26, 2019IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 26, 2019IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2019IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House