National Framework for Diabetes Act

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Sections17

• 1Short title

  This Act may be cited as the National Framework for Diabetes Act.

• 2Development
• 2(1)

  The Minister of Health must, in consultation with the representatives of the provincial governments responsible for health, Indigenous groups and with other relevant stakeholders, develop a national framework designed to support improved access to diabetes prevention and treatment to ensure better health outcomes for Canadians.

• 2(2)Content

  The national framework must include measures to

• 2(2)(a)

  explain what diabetes and prediabetes are;

• 2(2)(b)

  identify the training, education and guidance needs of health care and other professionals related to the prevention and treatment of diabetes, including clinical practice guidelines;

• 2(2)(c)

  promote research and improve data collection on diabetes prevention and treatment;

• 2(2)(d)

  promote information and knowledge sharing in relation to diabetes prevention and treatment;

• 2(2)(e)

  take into consideration any existing diabetes prevention and treatment frameworks, strategies and best practices, including those that focus on addressing health inequalities; and

• 2(2)(f)

  ensure that the Canada Revenue Agency is administering the disability tax credit fairly and that the credit, in order to achieve its purposes, is designed to help as many persons with diabetes as possible.

• 2(3)Conference

  The Minister must hold at least one conference with the persons referred to in subsection (1) for the purpose of developing the framework.

• 3Tabling of framework
• 3(1)

  Within one year after the day on which this Act comes into force, the Minister of Health must prepare a report setting out the national framework for diabetes and cause the report to be tabled before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the report is completed.

• 3(2)Publication

  The Minister must publish the report on the website of the Department of Health within 10 days after the day on which the report is tabled in Parliament.

• 4Report
• 4(1)

  Within five years after the day on which the report referred to in section 3 is tabled in Parliament, the Minister of Health must prepare a report on the effectiveness of the national framework for diabetes and on the current state of diabetes prevention and treatment. The report also sets out his or her conclusions and recommendations regarding the framework.

• 4(2)Tabling of report

  The Minister must cause the report to be tabled before each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the report is completed.