National Diabetes Project Act
Sponsored By: Representative James, John [R-MI-10]
Introduced
Summary
National Diabetes Project would create a single national plan to prevent, diagnose, and treat diabetes. It would coordinate research and services across federal agencies and focus on populations at higher risk to reduce health disparities.
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- Families and people with diabetes: Would get stronger emphasis on early diagnosis, better care coordination, and recommendations aimed at reducing the financial impact on Medicare and on families.
- Researchers and clinicians: Would see an accelerated push to develop treatments that could prevent, halt, or reverse diabetes and a new Advisory Council with 12 outside experts plus federal members that meets quarterly and is open to the public.
- Federal programs and agencies: The HHS Secretary would evaluate all federally funded diabetes programs, require data sharing across agencies, deliver annual reports with an updated national plan and implementation steps, and the Project would sunset on December 31, 2036.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
National Diabetes Project and Council
If enacted, the bill would create the National Diabetes Project inside the HHS Secretary’s office. The Secretary (or a designee) would write and update an integrated national plan to prevent, diagnose, treat, and coordinate care for people with diabetes and would do annual assessments with implementation steps and priorities. The bill would create a public Advisory Council made of federal designees and 12 outside experts to give an initial evaluation and yearly recommendations. Agencies with diabetes-related data would have to share that data with HHS. The Project and Council would expire on December 31, 2036.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
James, John [R-MI-10]
MI • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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