§247b–9a Better Diabetes Care

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services must work with the CDC director to make a national diabetes report card every two years, and if possible a version for each State. Each report has to show combined results for people with diabetes or prediabetes, covering preventive care, risk factors, and health outcomes. After the first report, later reports must show trends for the Nation and, when possible, each State so progress toward national diabetes goals can be tracked. The reports must be made public, including posted on the Internet. The Secretary must also help states improve birth and death records, train doctors how to fill those forms (including diabetes information), encourage states to use updated certificate forms, and consider adding a death‑certificate question about diabetes. The Secretary must do a study with the Institute of Medicine on how diabetes affects medical training and whether more diabetes education should be required for medical licensing and certification, and send that study to the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees and the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees within 2 years after March 23, 2010. Money may be appropriated as needed. Definitions: Director — head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Report Card — the national diabetes report card.