Title: A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month, including encouraging individuals to fight diabetes through public awareness about prevention and treatment options and enhancing education about the disease; and (2) decreasing the prevalence of type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes in the United States through increased research, treatment, and prevention.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 322 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 322

      Supporting the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 7, 2017

 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
 Coons, Mr. Donnelly, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, 
  Mr. Menendez, Mr. Peters, Mr. Rounds, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Warner) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
               on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Supporting the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month.

Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred 
        to in this preamble as the ``CDC'')--

    (1) 30,300,000 individuals in the United States have diabetes; and

    (2) an estimated 84,100,000 individuals in the United States who are 20 
years of age or older have prediabetes;

Whereas diabetes is a serious chronic condition that affects individuals of 
        every age, race, ethnicity, and income level;
Whereas the CDC reports that--

    (1) Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Native 
Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes and suffer from the 
disease at rates that are much higher than those rates with respect to the 
general population of the United States; and

    (2) 23.8 percent of individuals with diabetes in the United States have 
not been diagnosed with the disease;

Whereas, according to the CDC--

    (1) an individual who is 20 years of age or older is diagnosed with 
diabetes every 21 seconds;

    (2) the prevalence of diabetes in the United States increased more than 
threefold between 1990 and 2015; and

    (3) in the United States in 2015, diabetes was the seventh leading 
cause of death and contributed to the deaths of more than 252,806 
individuals during that year;

Whereas approximately 4,110 adults in the United States are diagnosed with 
        diabetes each day;
Whereas the CDC estimates that approximately 1,500,000 adults in the United 
        States were newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2015;
Whereas a joint study carried out by the National Institutes of Health and the 
        CDC found that, in the United States during 2011 and 2012, an estimated 
        17,900 youths were newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and 5,300 youths 
        were newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes;
Whereas, in the United States, more than 12 percent of adults and 25.2 percent 
        of individuals who are 65 years of age or older in the United States 
        have diabetes;
Whereas the risk of developing diabetes at some point in life is 40 percent for 
        adults in the United States;
Whereas, after accounting for the difference of the average age of each 
        population, data surveying adults in the United States between 2013 and 
        2015 indicates that--

    (1) 7.4 percent of non-Hispanic Whites, 12.7 percent of non-Hispanic 
Blacks, 12.1 percent of Hispanics, and 8 percent of Asian Americans suffer 
from diagnosed diabetes; and

    (2) with respect to Hispanic adults, 8.5 percent of individuals of 
Central and South American descent, 9 percent of individuals of Cuban 
descent, 13.8 percent of individuals of Mexican descent, and 12 percent of 
individuals of Puerto Rican descent suffer from diagnosed diabetes;

Whereas, according to the American Diabetes Association, the United States spent 
        an estimated $245,000,000,000 on cases of diagnosed diabetes in 2012;
Whereas the American Diabetes Association reports that 20 percent of the money 
        that the United States spent on health care in 2012 went toward caring 
        for individuals with diabetes;
Whereas a Mathematica Policy Research study found that total expenditures for 
        individuals with diabetes receiving benefits under the Medicare program 
        under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) in 
        fiscal year 2005 comprised 32.7 percent of the budget for the Medicare 
        program in that fiscal year;
Whereas a cure for diabetes does not exist, as of November 2017;
Whereas there are successful means to reduce the incidence, and delay the onset, 
        of type 2 diabetes;
Whereas, with proper management and treatment, individuals with diabetes live 
        healthy and productive lives; and
Whereas individuals in the United States celebrate American Diabetes Month in 
        November: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) supports the goals and ideals of American Diabetes 
        Month, including--
                    (A) encouraging individuals in the United States to 
                fight diabetes through public awareness of prevention 
                and treatment options; and
                    (B) enhancing diabetes education;
            (2) recognizes the importance of early detection, awareness 
        of the symptoms, and understanding the risk factors of 
        diabetes, including--
                    (A) being--
                            (i) older than 45 years of age; or
                            (ii) overweight; and
                    (B) having--
                            (i) a particular racial and ethnic 
                        background;
                            (ii) a low level of physical activity;
                            (iii) high blood pressure;
                            (iv) a family history of diabetes; or
                            (v) a history of diabetes during pregnancy; 
                        and
            (3) supports decreasing the prevalence of type 1, type 2, 
        and gestational diabetes in the United States through increased 
        research, treatment, and prevention.
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