Last Updated: June 14, 2010 111th Congress
 

BILL

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish the Healthy Habits School Challenge Program, H.R. 5113

The bill would establish the Healthy Habits School Challenge Program to reduce childhood obesity by recognizing schools that are creating healthier school environments for children by promoting good nutrition and physical activity. In order to receive recognition under the Program, a school shall demonstrate that it adopted and is carrying out the model local school wellness policy described by the Secretary; provides students with structured physical education classes and unstructured daily opportunities for physical activity; and adheres to the most recent nutrition rules promulgated by the Secretary.

Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, H.R. 2535

The bill would provide: a strategic plan for designing an integrated medical home model of care, chronic disease management programs, prevention incentives and an assessment of health IT initiatives; it would also call for an executive committee composed of national and state health stakeholders including insurance, pharmaceutical associations, labor groups and medical associations to advise the HHS Secretary on the creation and implementation of the Blueprint for Health.

Healthy Communities through Helping to Offer Incentives and Choices to Everyone in Society (CHOICES) Act of 2010, H.R. 5209

The bill would amend the Public Health Service Act by: improving prevention and treatment of obesity in adults and children under Medicaid and SCHIP; improving childhood nutrition with new regulations in child care settings; improving access to and opportunity for physical activity for adults and children with focuses on environmental barriers in communities and physical education in schools; improving access to nutritional information and healthy foods through consumer education and virtual farmers markets; realigning transportation policies to help promote healthy lifestyles through joint use agreements and safe routes to school expansion; and investing in research and assessment tools.

Healthy Kids Act, H.R. 4053

Rep. Moran’s bill would establish the Office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment within the Office of Public Health and Science at HHS to: evaluate the childhood obesity policies, programs, and actions of Federal agencies; expand federal data collection and surveillance; implement federal supports to states and tribal health depts. to prevent and treat obesity; describe and evaluate barriers to the implementation of Federal standards and guidelines nutrition and physical activity programs for students; evaluate Federal agricultural policies; make available TA for use as described in WIC. Grants would be available to entities for data collection, prevention implementation, and program evaluation. Further, the bill would require: the Federal Trade Commission to regulate food marketing toward children; the FCC to limit the advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages during children’s programming.

Healthy Local Policies for Schools Act of 2010, S. 3126

The bill would require schools participating in federal nutrition programs to strengthen their local wellness policies to include goals and an implementation plan for: nutrition promotion and education, physical education, physical activity and food marketing and advertising on the school campus. Schools must also ensure that standards for competitive foods are in line with those set by the Secretary of Agriculture, and perform an assessment of their local wellness policies after two years.

Healthy Local Policies for Schools Act of 2010, S. 3128

The legislation amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make foster children categorically eligible for free lunches and breakfasts under the school lunch and breakfast programs, provided the appropriate state or local agency provides the children's local educational agency with documentation regarding their status as foster children.

Healthy Workforce Act of 2009, S. 803/ H.R. 1897

Legislation provides a tax credit of 50% of costs paid by employers for implementing wellness programs. Wellness programs must include four components: a health awareness component that provides health education and screenings; an employee engagement component to create a committee that would deliver efforts and track participation; a behavioral change component to encourage healthy living and can include obesity related programs; and lastly a supportive environment component that would provide and promote healthy options and activities at work.

NEW Schools Act, H.R. 5090

The bill would amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to replace the nutrition promotion program with a program that requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to ensure that their local wellness policies: (1) include goals for nutrition and physical education, physical activity, on-campus food marketing and advertising, and other school-based activities that promote nutrition and wellness throughout the extended school day; (2) include plans for implementing, and measuring the implementation of, such policies; (3) require reimbursable school meals to meet certain nutritional guidelines; and (4) require the nutritional guidelines for nonreimbursable foods and beverages sold in schools to be in compliance with standards established by the Secretary of Agriculture. In addition, it would require the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance and outreach to key state and local stakeholders to promote effective local wellness policies; and (2) prepare a report, in conjunction with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on the implementation, strength, and effectiveness of local wellness policies.

Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act, S. 3683

The bill would amend the Department of Education Organization Act to establish an Office of Safe and Healthy Students in the Department of Education to assume the responsibilities of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and expand such responsibilities to broader health and physical education issues.
It would also amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to establish standards for health education and physical education, and measure student progress toward such standards through grades 3 to 12. In addition, the bill would authorizes appropriations for FY2012 for the Carol M. White Physical Education Program, which provides matching grants to LEAs and community-based organizations to initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs (including after-school programs) for students in kindergarten through grade 12.

Surveillance, Tracking, Observation, and Prevention of Obesity Act of 2009, H.R. 3955

The bill would amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to 10 unspecified States for demonstration projects for the expansion of State registries on childhood immunization or health to include data on (BMI), collected and submitted to the State by health care providers.

To authorize the HHS Secretary to conduct or support research and demonstration projects on the use of financial subsidies and rewards to encourage individuals and communities to promote wellness, adopt healthy behaviors, and use evidence-based preventive health services, H.R. 3895

These research and demonstration projects would focus on: tobacco use, obesity, and other prevention and wellness priorities; the initiation, maintenance and long-term sustainability of wellness promotion and use of evidence-based preventative health services; and populations at high risk of preventable diseases and conditions. The findings of research and demonstration projects must be submitted to the Task Force on Clinical Preventive Services or the Task Force on Community Preventive Services and the Health Benefits Advisory Committee established by America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.