US Congress Senate Bill 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-6)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (consideration: CR S5461)
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission to evaluate and make recommendations regarding better coordination and leveraging of federal programs that relate in any way to supporting appropriate clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, which shall include: (1) evaluating HHS programs, (2) identifying current activities and critical gaps in federal efforts to support clinicians in providing care to people with pre-diabetes and diabetes, (3) recommending how an outcomes-based registry may be developed and then used to evaluate various care models and methods, (4) evaluating and expanding education and awareness to health care professionals regarding clinical practices for the prevention of diabetes and the precursor conditions of diabetes, and (5) reviewing and recommending appropriate methods for outreach and dissemination of educational resources related to diabetes prevention and treatments. Requires the Commission to submit an operating plan to the Secretary and Congress within 90 days of its first meeting.

National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (consideration: CR S5461)

HB1074 (Related) 2013-03-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/539/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s539/BILLS-113s539is.pdf