3.0.0 2479 2023-01-11T13:15:25Z 2023-01-11T13:15:25Z Senate S S 2007-12-13 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-13T23:10:56Z Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2007 110 3373 HR 2007-08-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2007 110 3544 HR 2007-09-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-12-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-12-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15469) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2007-12-13 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-03-31 False D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-05-08 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2008-06-10 False Health Cost effectiveness Diabetes Education Federal advisory bodies Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Higher education Law Licenses Medical education Medical records Medical screening Medical statistics Medical tests Public records Social Welfare Vital statistics Health 00 2007-12-13 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-07T15:18:39Z Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to: (1) review uptake and utilization of diabetes screening benefits to identify and address problems with utilization and data collection mechanisms; (2) establish an outreach program to identify existing efforts to increase awareness among seniors and providers of such benefits; and (3) maximize cost-effectiveness in increasing utilization of such benefits.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an advisory group to examine and recommend best practices of employee wellness and disease management programs.

Directs the Secretary to prepare, biennially, a diabetes report card for the nation and for each state.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) promote the education and training of physicians on how to properly complete birth and death certificates and the importance of such data; (2) encourage state adoption of the latest standard revisions of birth and death certificates; and (3) work with states to reengineer their vital statistics systems to provide cost-effective, timely, and vital systems data. Allows the Secretary to promote improvements to the collection of diabetes mortality data.

Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the impact of diabetes on the practice of medicine in the United Sates and the level of diabetes medical education that should be required prior to licensure, board certification, and board recertification.

]]> Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2007 Display Title Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to catalyze change in the care and treatment of diabetes in the United States. Introduced in Senate 2007-12-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2479is/xml/BILLS-110s2479is.xml 2007-12-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.