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114-hr-3057114th Congress

EAT for Health Act of 2015

Sponsored By: Representative Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]

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Summary

Education and Training for Health Act of 2015 or the EAT for Health Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidelines to federal agencies for developing procedures and requirements to ensure that every primary care health professional employed full-time for such agencies have continuing education courses relating to nutrition. Requires each agency to report to Congress annually on the extent to which it has adopted and encouraged such guidelines for such primary care professionals it employed during any portion of the previous year. Requires such courses to: (1) include content on the role of nutrition in the prevention, management, and reversal of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer; and (2) meet requirements for Continuing Medical Education or Continuing Education by medical or nurse practitioner professional organizations or certified accrediting bodies.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]

AZ • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 7/16/2015

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