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H.R. 3544 (110th)

Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2007

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Introduced

17 September 2007

Last action

17 September 2007 · Introduced

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15], Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5], Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1], Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2], Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4], Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]

Subjects

Healthcare, Education

Source updated

14 August 2025

Healthcare · Education

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Summary

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 the Medicare diabetes screening benefit; (2) establish an outreach program to identify existing efforts to increase awareness of the diabetes screening benefit among Medicare beneficiaries and providers; and (3) maximize economies of scale, cost-effectiveness, and resource allocation in increasing utilization of the diabetes screening benefit. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish an advisory group to examine and recommend best practices of chronic illness employee wellness incentivization 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 the addition to death certificates of language to improve 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.

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Timeline

  1. 17 September 2007

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  2. 17 September 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 17 September 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 17 September 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

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