Bill > HR1726

Introduced Session

Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize state-licensed or -registered certified diabetes educators or state-licensed or -registered health care professionals who specialize in teaching individuals with diabetes to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to manage the individual's diabetic condition and are certified as a diabetes educator by a recognized certifying body. Directs the Government Accountability Office to study the barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes in accessing diabetes self-management training services under the Medicare program. Requires the Director of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality of the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a series of recommendations on effective outreach methods to educate primary care physicians and other health care providers as well as the public about the benefits of diabetes self-management training.

Committee Categories

Ed Whitfield (R)*,  Mark Amodei (R),  Don Beyer (D),  Sanford Bishop (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Michael Burgess (R),  G. Butterfield (D),  Ryan Costello (R),  Danny Davis (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Brett Guthrie (R),  Gregg Harper (R),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Hakeem Jeffries (D),  Bill Johnson (R),  Hank Johnson (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Daniel Lipinski (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Patrick McHenry (R),  Tim Murphy (R),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Pete Olson (R),  Charles Rangel (D),  Tom Reed (R),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Marc Veasey (D),  Greg Walden (R),  Frederica Wilson (D),  Ryan Zinke (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 04/14/2015)

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