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H.R. 2194: GEDI Act

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H.R. 2194: GEDI Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-15 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

GEDI Act

Plain summary

Gestational Diabetes Act of 2011 or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a multisite gestational diabetes research project within the diabetes program of the CDC to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand and intensify public health research on gestational diabetes, including; (1) developing and testing novel approaches for improving postpartum testing or screening and for preventing type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) conducting research to further understanding of the factors and health systems that influence the risk of gestational diabetes and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes. Requires the Director to: (1) award grants for demonstration projects to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes, the recurrence of such disease in subsequent pregnancies, and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) work with state and Indian tribal-based diabetes prevention and control programs assisted by the CDC to encourage postpartum follow-up after gestational diabetes to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its recurrence, the development of type 2 diabetes in at-risk women, and related complications.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

GEDI Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2194 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112