National Diabetes Coordinator Act of 2008

To reduce the incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications and establish the position of National Diabetes Coordinator.

12/18/2007--Introduced.
National Diabetes Coordinator Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the position of National Diabetes Coordinator, whose duties shall be to:
<b>(1) serve as the Secretary's principal advisor on reducing the rates of diabetes and its complications;
(2) develop a measurement for the incidence of diabetes;
(3) develop and coordinate implementation of a national strategy to reduce the incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications;
(4) provide leadership and coordination to ensure that diabetes-related programs and policies of HHS are coordinated internally and with those of relevant federal, state, and local agencies with a goal of avoiding duplication of effort, maximizing impact, and marshaling all government resources; and
(5) coordinate public and private resources to develop and lead a public awareness campaign regarding the prevention and control of diabetes and its complications.
Requires reports to the President:
(1) from the HHS Secretary on a national strategy to reduce the incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications;
(2) from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on negotiations with health plans to include appropriate standards and activities to reduce risk factors for diabetes and encourage prevention and early treatment; and
(3) from the Secretary of Agriculture on ways in which food programs and nutritional support can be better targeted at concerns specific to those at risk for diabetes or those already diagnosed whose complications could be reduced by more effective diet.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
• and 21 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Melissa Bean [D, IL-8]
  • Rep. F. Allen Boyd [D, FL-2]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]
  • Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
  • Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D, IN-8]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Luis Fortuno [R, PR-0]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
  • Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
  • Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
  • Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
  • Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Agriculture
• 5 more
  • House Agriculture
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.4836

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
December 18, 2007

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• Apr 25, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
• Feb 05, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
• Dec 18, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Dec 18, 2007: Referred to House Agriculture
• Dec 18, 2007: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• Dec 18, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Dec 18, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Agriculture, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Dec 18, 2007.

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• Science policy
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• Medical care
• Health policy
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• Government employees' health insurance
• Government employees
• Food relief
• Food
• Federal employees
• Executive reorganization
• Executive departments
• Diet
• Diabetes
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Medicine

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