3.0.0 1666 2023-01-15T07:17:57Z 2023-01-15T07:17:57Z Senate S S 2003-09-26 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-09-26T17:09:18Z 2003-09-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-09-26 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2003-10-21 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2003-10-23 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2004-01-26 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2004-05-10 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2004-05-10 False D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2004-05-10 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2004-05-10 False C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2004-05-11 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2004-05-17 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2004-05-17 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2004-06-01 False R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2004-06-01 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2004-06-01 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2004-06-03 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2004-06-14 False Health Access to health care Communication in medicine Continuing education Diabetes Economics and Public Finance Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health surveys Higher education Medical education Medical tests Preventive medicine Public health personnel Health 00 2003-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-27T22:35:24Z Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), to award grants to support comprehensive State diabetes control and prevention programs.

Requires the Secretary to promote and coordinate diabetes research, including data collection and the development of best practices, early detection and prevention programs, and a national diabetes laboratory.

Gives priority to programs which reduce disparities in diabetes prevention and care for high-risk or underserved populations.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to award competitive grants to apply the best practices identified by the Secretary for diabetes prevention and control. Gives priority to programs to reduce disparities in prevention and control for high-risk or underserved populations.

Requires the Director to: (1) develop and update scientifically validated quality measures for assessing and improving clinical services related to diabetes; (2) establish a Diabetes Quality Improvement Program; and (3) incorporate diabetes in the annual quality and disparities reports.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee, to: (1) coordinate a national diabetes education program; and (2) develop and update a strategic research plan for diabetes.

Requires the expansion of research programs concerning diabetes in underserved populations and minority groups and in children and youths.

Requires the development or enhancement of data collection on the prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children, including the support of long-term epidemiological studies in children.

Authorizes a report on diabetes by the Surgeon General.

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