HRES 830
110th Congress
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Urging health care providers to engage in a strong program to prevent, detect, and treat diabetes, including through the use of a treatment regimen that includes certain minimum clinical practice recommendations, including measurements of body weight and other associated risk factors.
Introduced: November 15, 2007
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Nov 15, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 15, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 15, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Encourages health care providers to reduce the rate of occurrence of diabetes and its complications by engaging in a program to prevent, detect, and treat the disease, including through the use of: (1) a treatment regimen that includes minimum clinical practice recommendations published by the American Diabetes Association on January 1, 2007; and (2) measurements of body weight and other risk factors.
Commends U.S. health care providers for their commitment to countering the diabetes epidemic.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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