Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§247b–9 Diabetes in Children and Youth
Title 42 › Chapter 6A— PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter II— GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part B— Federal-State Cooperation › § 247b–9
Summary
HHS, through the CDC, must set up a system to watch and collect data on juvenile diabetes and keep a national database of that information. HHS must run a national effort on type 2 diabetes in youth to improve tracking and research, spot misdiagnoses as type 1, and improve lab tests and noninvasive glucose monitors. Money is authorized as needed for fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
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Title 42, §247b–9
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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop a sentinel system to collect data on juvenile diabetes, including with respect to incidence and prevalence, and shall establish a national database for such data.
(b)The Secretary shall implement a national public health effort to address type 2 diabetes in youth, including—
(1)enhancing surveillance systems and expanding research to better assess the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes in youth and determine the extent to which type 2 diabetes is incorrectly diagnosed as type 1 diabetes among children; and
(2)developing and improving laboratory methods to assist in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diabetes including, but not limited to, developing noninvasive ways to monitor blood glucose to prevent hypoglycemia and improving existing glucometers that measure blood glucose.
(c)For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
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42 U.S.C. § 247b–9
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60