egy for reducing the incidence, progression, and impact 
of diabetes and its complications. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL DIABETES COORDINATOR. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title III of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 330C the following: 
‘‘SEC. 330C–1. NATIONAL DIABETES COORDINATOR. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
within the Office of the Secretary of the Department 
of Health and Human Services the position of Na-
tional Diabetes Coordinator. 
‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Coordinator shall be 
appointed by the Secretary in consultation with the 
President (or the President’s designee) and shall re-
port directly to the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Coordinator shall 
be a nationally recognized individual with experience 
in diabetes-related issues across private and public 
sectors. 
‘‘(4) STAFF.—The Secretary shall provide the 
Coordinator with appropriate staff, administrative 
support, and such other resources as may be nec-
essary for the Coordinator to carry out the duties 
described in subsection (c). 
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‘‘(b) MISSION.—In carrying out the duties described 
in subsection (c), the Coordinator shall adhere to the mis-
sion of— 
‘‘(1) preventing diabetes in those individuals 
and populations at risk for the disease; 
‘‘(2) increasing detection of diabetes; 
‘‘(3) maximizing the return on diabetes re-
search; 
‘‘(4) increasing diabetes control efforts; 
‘‘(5) improving the standard of diabetes care 
available; and 
‘‘(6) supplementing, but not supplanting, exist-
ing diabetes research programs. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES OF THE COORDINATOR.—The Coordi-
nator shall— 
‘‘(1) serve as the principal advisor to the Sec-
retary on ways to save lives, improve the quality of 
life, and save money for taxpayers and patients by 
reducing the rates of diabetes and its complications; 
‘‘(2) develop a measurement for the incidence of 
diabetes; 
‘‘(3) develop and coordinate implementation of 
a national strategy to reduce the incidence, progres-
sion, and impact of diabetes and its complications in 
the United States; 
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‘‘(4) provide leadership and coordination be-
tween government agencies and across the public 
and private sectors to ensure that diabetes-related 
programs and policies of the Department of Health 
and Human Services are coordinated internally and 
with those of relevant Federal, State, and local agen-
cies with a goal of avoiding duplication of effort, 
maximizing impact, and marshaling all government 
resources; and 
‘‘(5) coordinate public and private resources to 
develop and lead a public awareness campaign re-
garding the prevention and control of diabetes and 
its complications. 
‘‘(d) COOPERATION.—The head of any Federal de-
partment or agency, including the Office of Minority 
Health, and the head of any public or private agency or 
entity that receives Federal funds related to diabetes or 
diabetes-related complications, including the Diabetes 
Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee and the Na-
tional Diabetes Education Program within the National 
Institutes of Health, shall, to the extent possible, give full 
cooperation to the Coordinator. 
‘‘(e) NO NEW RIGHTS OR BENEFITS.—This section 
is not intended to, and does not, create any right or ben-
efit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in 
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equity against the United States, its agencies, its entities 
or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other 
person. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Coordinator’ means the Na-
tional Diabetes Coordinator. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘diabetes’ means diabetes 
mellitus and includes type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabe-
tes, and gestational diabetes.’’. 
(b) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE.—Section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item: 
‘‘National Diabetes Coordinator General, De-
partment of Health and Human Services.’’ 
(c) BEGINNING OF OPERATIONS.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Na-
tional Diabetes Coordinator shall begin operations under 
section 330C–1 of the Public Health Service Act, as added 
by subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. REPORTS TO THE PRESIDENT. 
(a) NATIONAL STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, in consulta-
tion with the National Diabetes Coordinator, shall 
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report to the President on a national strategy to re-
duce the incidence, progression, and impact of diabe-
tes and its complications in the United States. 
(2) UPDATES.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, in consultation with the National 
Diabetes Coordinator, shall submit biennial updates 
to the report required by paragraph (1). 
(b) REPORT BY OPM.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management shall report to the Presi-
dent through the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
on ways that the Federal Government can build into its 
negotiations with health plans appropriate standards and 
activities to reduce risk factors for diabetes and encourage 
prevention and early treatment of diabetes and its com-
plications. 
(c) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall report to the 
President on ways in which food programs and nutritional 
support can be better targeted at concerns specific to 
those at risk for diabetes or those already diagnosed with 
diabetes whose complications could be reduced by more ef-
fective diet. 
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