H.R. 2960: National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-09-15 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-09-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act

Plain summary

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) using outcomes-based registry data 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) developing and testing appropriate methods for outreach and dissemination of educational resources related to diabetes prevention and treatments. Requires the Commission to submit to the Secretary and Congress an operating plan for carrying out the activities of the Commission that includes specific activities the Commission plans to conduct and a budget for such activities.

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National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] · 29 cosponsors

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Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2960.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2960 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112