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Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2007

Introduced: December 13, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Dec 13, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 13, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15469)
Dec 13, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now December 13, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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