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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
November 9, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Rozar, J.
Anderson
, Andraca, Armstrong, Bare, Binsfeld, Conley, Drake, Emerson,
Jacobson, Joers, Krug, Melotik, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff,
Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snyder, Stubbs, Madison, Clancy, Gustafson
and Murphy, cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, L. Johnson,
Carpenter, Hesselbein, Larson, Pfaff and Roys. Referred to Committee on
Rules.
AJR93,1,2 1Relating to: proclaiming November 2023 to be Diabetes Awareness Month in
2Wisconsin.
AJR93,1,53 Whereas, November has been established nationally as Diabetes Awareness
4Month by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the American Diabetes
5Association, and others; and
AJR93,1,76 Whereas, diabetes is a chronic disease for which there is currently no known
7cure and is the eighth-leading cause of death in the United States; and
AJR93,1,108 Whereas, individuals with type 1 diabetes cannot produce any of their own
9insulin or amylin, hormones needed to help regulate sugar and food stores in the
10body; and
AJR93,1,1211 Whereas, individuals with type 1 diabetes are dependent on artificial, injected
12insulin; and
AJR93,1,1513 Whereas, individuals with type 2 diabetes, or adult-onset diabetes, experience
14resistance to their own insulin or amylin and often do not exhibit symptoms in the
15early stages of the disease; and
AJR93,2,3
1Whereas, there is a lack of understanding of other types of diabetes, including
2gestational diabetes, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, monogenic diabetes,
3and others; and
AJR93,2,54 Whereas, the United States is experiencing an insulin pricing crisis, with one
5in four individuals with type 1 diabetes reporting they ration insulin; and
AJR93,2,76 Whereas, other supplies for monitoring diabetes, including glucometers,
7continuous glucose monitors, and insulin pumps, continue to rise in price; and
AJR93,2,98 Whereas, these increasing prices have created barriers to receiving proper
9medical care and achieving healthy control of blood glucose levels; and
AJR93,2,1210 Whereas, the serious long-term complications of uncontrolled glucose levels
11may include blindness, lower extremity amputation, heart disease, kidney failure,
12and premature death; and
AJR93,2,1513 Whereas, Wisconsin and the United States are facing a diabetes epidemic, with
14the most recent statistics indicating over 541,000 individuals in Wisconsin are
15currently living with the disease; and
AJR93,2,1816 Whereas, the keys to reducing the incidence of type 2 diabetes and the
17complications associated with all forms of diabetes are education, early detection,
18control, proper treatment, and continued research; and
AJR93,2,2119 Whereas, the earlier a person is diagnosed with diabetes and receives
20treatment, the better the person's chances are for avoiding diabetes complications;
21and
AJR93,2,2422 Whereas, increased awareness of the symptoms and complications of diabetes
23will promote improved health outcomes for individuals living with diabetes; now,
24therefore, be it
AJR93,3,3
1Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
2Legislature formally recognizes November 2023 as Diabetes Awareness Month in
3Wisconsin.
AJR93,3,44 (End)
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