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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4504 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a public awareness 

campaign with respect to screening for type 1 diabetes, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2024 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 

a public awareness campaign with respect to screening 

for type 1 diabetes, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Collec5 tive Resources for Encouraging Education Needed for 

6 Type 1 Diabetes Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘SCREEN for Type 

7 1 Diabetes Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TYPE 1 DIABETES SCREENING PUBLIC AWARENESS 

2 CAMPAIGN. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 317H of the Public 

4 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–9) is amended by 

5 striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(c) TYPE 1 DIABETES PUBLIC AWARENESS CAM7 PAIGN.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

9 through the Director of the Centers for Disease 

10 Control and Prevention, shall carry out a national 

11 campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of 

12 health care providers and the public with respect to 

13 type 1 diabetes detection, screening, and manage14 ment. 

15 ‘‘(2) WRITTEN MATERIALS.—In carrying out 

16 the national campaign under paragraph (1), the Sec17 retary shall maintain a publicly accessible supply of 

18 written materials that provide information to the 

19 public relating to early detection and symptoms of 

20 type 1 diabetes and type 1 diabetes screening, in21 cluding information relating to— 

22 ‘‘(A) early symptoms and warning signs of 

23 type 1 diabetes; 

24 ‘‘(B) the availability of screening for type 

25 1 diabetes; 


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1 ‘‘(C) the benefits of getting screened for 

2 type 1 diabetes; 

3 ‘‘(D) training and education regarding 

4 medically appropriate resources for those newly 

5 diagnosed; and 

6 ‘‘(E) such other information as the Sec7 retary determines appropriate. 

8 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 

10 national campaign under paragraph (1), the 

11 Secretary shall develop and issue public service 

12 announcements to provide education to the pub13 lic on early detection and symptoms of type 1 

14 diabetes and the importance of screening for 

15 type 1 diabetes. 

16 ‘‘(B) MEDIA.—The Secretary shall issue 

17 public service announcements under subpara18 graph (A) through— 

19 ‘‘(i) media, including social media, tel20 evision, radio, print, the internet, and 

21 other media; 

22 ‘‘(ii) in-person or virtual public com23 munications; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) recognized trusted figures. 


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1 ‘‘(4) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the na2 tional campaign under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

3 shall consult with the National Academy of Medi4 cine, health care provider associations, community 

5 health worker associations, nonprofit organizations, 

6 including nonprofit organizations that represent 

7 communities most impacted by type 1 diabetes, 

8 State, local, and Tribal public health departments, 

9 elementary and secondary education organizations, 

10 including student and parent organizations, and in11 stitutions of higher education, to solicit advice on 

12 evidence-based information for policy development 

13 and program development, implementation, and eval14 uation. 

15 ‘‘(5) REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The national cam17 paign under paragraph (1) shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) include the use of evidence-based 

19 media and public engagement; 

20 ‘‘(ii) include the development of cul21 turally and linguistically competent re22 sources that shall be tailored to— 

23 ‘‘(I) communities with the largest 

24 significant increases in incidence of 

25 type 1 diabetes; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) such other communities as 

2 the Secretary determines appropriate; 

3 ‘‘(iii) include the dissemination of type 

4 1 diabetes screening information and com5 munication resources, including the infor6 mation specified in subparagraphs (A) 

7 through (E) of paragraph (2), to— 

8 ‘‘(I) health care providers and 

9 health care facilities, including pri10 mary care providers, community 

11 health centers, and pediatric health 

12 care providers and facilities; 

13 ‘‘(II) State, local, and Tribal 

14 public health departments; 

15 ‘‘(III) elementary and secondary 

16 schools; and 

17 ‘‘(IV) institutions of higher edu18 cation; 

19 ‘‘(iv) be complementary to, and co20 ordinated with, any other Federal efforts 

21 with respect to type 1 diabetes awareness 

22 and management; and 

23 ‘‘(v) include message testing to iden24 tify culturally and linguistically competent 

25 and effective messages. 


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1 ‘‘(B) GRANTS TO CARRY OUT CAMPAIGN.— 

2 The Secretary shall carry out the national cam3 paign under paragraph (1) through grants to, 

4 or cooperative agreements with, 1 or more pri5 vate, nonprofit entities with a history devel6 oping and implementing similar campaigns. 

7 ‘‘(C) GRANTS TO INCREASE SCREENING.— 

8 The Secretary shall award grants to, or enter 

9 into cooperative agreements with, State, local, 

10 and Tribal public health departments— 

11 ‘‘(i) to engage with communities de12 scribed in subclauses (I) and (II) of sub13 paragraph (A)(ii), local educational agen14 cies, health care providers, community or15 ganizations, or other groups the Secretary 

16 determines are appropriate to develop and 

17 deliver effective strategies to increase type 

18 1 diabetes screening; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) to disseminate culturally and lin20 guistically competent resources on where 

21 an individual can access type 1 diabetes 

22 screenings locally. 

23 ‘‘(6) OPTIONS FOR DISSEMINATION OF INFOR24 MATION.—The national campaign under paragraph 

25 (1) may— 


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1 ‘‘(A) include the use of— 

2 ‘‘(i) media, including social media, tel3 evision, radio, print, the internet, and 

4 other media; 

5 ‘‘(ii) in-person or virtual public com6 munications; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) recognized trusted figures; and 

8 ‘‘(B) be targeted to the general public and 

9 communities described in subclauses (I) and 

10 (II) of paragraph (5)(A)(ii). 

11 ‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

13 this subsection $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

14 2025 through 2029, to remain available until ex15 pended.’’. 

16 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

17 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

18 Health and Human Services shall submit to the Com19 mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 

20 Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

21 the House of Representatives a report— 

22 (1) that contains a qualitative assessment of 

23 the campaign under subsection (c) of section 317H 

24 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b– 


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1 9) and the activities conducted under such cam2 paign; and 

3 (2) on, with respect to the impact on type 1 di4 abetes awareness and screening, the activities con5 ducted under such subsection (c). 

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