National Diabetes Project Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9149 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9149

  To establish the National Diabetes Project, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2026

  Mr. James introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

  To establish the National Diabetes Project, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Diabetes Project Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL DIABETES PROJECT.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Office of the
Secretary of Health and Human Services the National Diabetes Project
(referred to in this Act as the ``Project'').
    (b) Purpose of the Project.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Services, or the Secretary's designee, shall--
            (1) be responsible for the creation and maintenance of an
        integrated national plan to overcome diabetes;
            (2) provide information and coordination of diabetes
        research and services across all Federal agencies;
            (3) accelerate the development of treatments that would
        prevent, halt, or reverse the course of diabetes;
            (4) improve the--
                    (A) early diagnosis of diabetes disease; and
                    (B) coordination of the care and treatment of
                citizens with diabetes;
            (5) ensure the inclusion of ethnic and racial populations
        at higher risk for diabetes or least likely to receive care, in
        clinical, research, and service efforts with the purpose of
        decreasing health disparities in diabetes; and
            (6) coordinate with international bodies to integrate and
        inform the fight against diabetes globally.
    (c) Duties of the Secretary.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human
        Services, or the Secretary's designee, shall--
                    (A) oversee the creation and updating of the
                national plan described in paragraph (2); and
                    (B) use discretionary authority to evaluate all
                Federal programs around diabetes, including budget
                requests and approvals.
            (2) National plan.--The Secretary of Health and Human
        Services, or the Secretary's designee, shall carry out an
        annual assessment of the Nation's progress in preparing for the
        escalating burden of diabetes, including both implementation
        steps and recommendations for priority actions based on the
        assessment.
    (d) Advisory Council.--
            (1) In general.--There is established an Advisory Council
        on Diabetes Research, Care, and Services (referred to in this
        Act as the ``Advisory Council'').
            (2) Membership.--
                    (A) Federal members.--The Advisory Council shall be
                comprised of the following experts:
                            (i) A designee of the Centers for Disease
                        Control and Prevention.
                            (ii) A designee of the Administration on
                        Aging.
                            (iii) A designee of the Centers for
                        Medicare & Medicaid Services.
                            (iv) A designee of the Indian Health
                        Service.
                            (v) A designee of the Office of the
                        Director of the National Institutes of Health.
                            (vi) The Surgeon General.
                            (vii) A designee of the National Science
                        Foundation.
                            (viii) A designee of the Department of
                        Veterans Affairs.
                            (ix) A designee of the Food and Drug
                        Administration.
                            (x) A designee of the Agency for Healthcare
                        Research and Quality.
                    (B) Non-federal members.--In addition to the
                members outlined in subparagraph (A), the Advisory
                Council shall include 12 expert members from outside
                the Federal Government, which shall include--
                            (i) 2 diabetes patient advocates;
                            (ii) 2 diabetes caregivers;
                            (iii) 2 health care providers;
                            (iv) 2 representatives of State health
                        departments;
                            (v) 2 researchers with diabetes-related
                        expertise in basic, translational, clinical, or
                        drug development science; and
                            (vi) 2 voluntary health association
                        representatives, including a national diabetes
                        disease organization that has demonstrated
                        experience in research, care, and patient
                        services, and a State-based advocacy
                        organization that provides services to families
                        and professionals, including information and
                        referral, support groups, care consultation,
                        education, and safety services.
            (3) Meetings.--The Advisory Council shall meet quarterly
        and such meetings shall be open to the public.
            (4) Advice.--The Advisory Council shall advise the
        Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary's
        designee.
            (5) Annual report.--The Advisory Council shall provide to
        the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary's
        designee and Congress--
                    (A) an initial evaluation of all federally funded
                efforts in diabetes research, clinical care, and
                institutional-, home-, and community-based programs and
                their outcomes;
                    (B) initial recommendations for priority actions to
                expand, eliminate, coordinate, or condense programs
                based on the program's performance, mission, and
                purpose;
                    (C) initial recommendations to--
                            (i) reduce the financial impact of diabetes
                        on--
                                    (I) Medicare and other federally
                                funded programs; and
                                    (II) families living with diabetes
                                disease; and
                            (ii) improve health outcomes; and
                    (D) annually thereafter, an evaluation of the
                implementation, including outcomes, of the
                recommendations, including priorities if necessary,
                through an updated national plan under subsection
                (c)(2).
    (e) Data Sharing.--Agencies both within the Department of Health
and Human Services and outside of the Department that have data
relating to diabetes shall share such data with the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, or the Secretary's designee, to enable the
Secretary, or the Secretary's designee, to complete the report
described in subsection (f).
    (f) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, or
the Secretary's designee, shall submit to Congress--
            (1) an annual report that includes an evaluation of all
        federally funded efforts in diabetes research, clinical care,
        and institutional-, home-, and community-based programs and
        their outcomes;
            (2) an evaluation of all federally funded programs based on
        program performance, mission, and purpose related to diabetes
        disease;
            (3) recommendations for--
                    (A) priority actions based on the evaluation
                conducted by the Secretary and the Advisory Council
                to--
                            (i) reduce the financial impact of diabetes
                        on--
                                    (I) Medicare and other federally
                                funded programs; and
                                    (II) families living with diabetes
                                disease; and
                            (ii) improve health outcomes;
                    (B) implementation steps; and
                    (C) priority actions to improve the prevention,
                diagnosis, treatment, care, institutional-, home-, and
                community-based programs of diabetes disease for
                individuals with diabetes disease and their caregivers;
                and
            (4) an annually updated national plan.
    (g) Sunset.--The Project shall expire on December 31, 2036.
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