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08-S2742 on Mar 11, 2008

1. serve as the principal advisor on 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, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications;
4. provide leadership and coordination to ensure that diabetes-related programs are coordinated internally and with those of relevant federal, state, and local agencies 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 regarding the prevention and control of diabetes and its complications.

In carrying out the duties described, the Coordinator shall adhere to the mission 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 research;
4. increasing diabetes control efforts;
5. improving the standard of diabetes care available; and
6. supplementing, but not supplanting, existing diabetes research programs.
7. Requires reports 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 whose complications could be reduced by more effective diet.

Participating counts on VoteMatch question 5.
• Topic: Health Care
• Headline: Establish a National Diabetes Coordinator (Score: 1)
• Headline 2: Establish a National Diabetes Coordinator (Score: 1)
• Key for participation codes:
• Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
• Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
• Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
• Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred