Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2024.
(a) In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may award supplemental grant funds to States receiving Federal funding for heart health activities. Such supplemental funds shall be used to promote awareness of the increasing prevalence of heart disease, including, where appropriate, its relationship to type 2 diabetes, in communities disproportionately affected by heart disease, such as South Asian communities in the United States.
(b) Use of funds
A State that receives supplemental grant funds under subsection (a) shall use such grant funds to—
(1) develop culturally appropriate materials on evidence-based heart health promotion topics, such as nutrition education, optimal diet plans, and programs for regular exercise;
(2) support heart health promotion activities of community organizations that work with or serve communities disproportionately affected by heart disease, such as South Asian communities in the United States;
(3) support, with respect to research conducted relating to heart disease, conferences and workshops on how practices, methodologies, and designs of such research should be changed to include in such research more members of communities disproportionately affected by heart disease, such as South Asian communities in the United States; or
(4) conduct or support research and related activities regarding cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and other heart health-related ailments among at-risk populations, including South Asian communities in the United States.
(c) Report to Congress
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on activities supported under subsection (a) and data relating to heart disease in communities disproportionately affected by heart disease.