National Diabetes Project Act

Key Points

• This bill creates the National Diabetes Project inside the Department of Health and Human Services. Its main goal is to build and maintain one unified national plan to overcome diabetes.
• The project will coordinate diabetes research and services across all federal agencies, speeding up development of treatments that can prevent, stop, or reverse diabetes.
• A new Advisory Council will include patients, caregivers, doctors, researchers, and state health officials. The council will meet quarterly in public sessions and advise the Secretary of HHS.
• The plan specifically targets racial and ethnic groups who face higher diabetes risk or are least likely to get care, with the goal of closing health gaps.
• The Secretary must send Congress a yearly report evaluating all federal diabetes programs and recommending ways to cut costs for Medicare, other federal programs, and families. The project expires on December 31, 2036.