3.0.0 1345 2023-01-11T13:31:07Z 2023-01-11T13:31:07Z Senate S 2015-05-14 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-14T18:23:56Z Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015 114 1726 HR 2015-04-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-05-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-05-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2015-05-14 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-05-14 True D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2015-05-14 True K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-05-20 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2015-07-23 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2015-07-28 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-07-29 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2016-09-06 False Health Congressional oversight Digestive and metabolic diseases Drug therapy Health promotion and preventive care Medicare Health 00 2015-05-14 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-04T21:19:52Z Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize state-licensed or -registered certified diabetes educators or state-licensed or -registered health care professionals who specialize in teaching individuals with diabetes to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to manage the individual's diabetic condition and are certified as a diabetes educator by a recognized certifying body.

Directs the Government Accountability Office to study the barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes in accessing diabetes self-management training services under the Medicare program.

Requires the Director of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality of the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a series of recommendations on effective outreach methods to educate primary care physicians and other health care providers as well as the public about the benefits of diabetes self-management training.

]]> Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015 Display Title Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes self-management training services, including as part of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1345is/xml/BILLS-114s1345is.xml 2015-05-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.