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2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 93
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 and
GUSTAFSON, cosponsored by Senators C ABRAL-GUEVARA, L. JOHNSON,
CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN, LARSON, PFAFF and ROYS. Referred to Committee on
Rules.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
Relating to: proclaiming November 2023 to be Diabetes Awareness Month in
Wisconsin.
Whereas, November has been established nationally as Diabetes Awareness
Month by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the American Diabetes
Association, and others; and
Whereas, diabetes is a chronic disease for which there is currently no known
cure and is the eighth-leading cause of death in the United States; and
Whereas, individuals with type 1 diabetes cannot produce any of their own
insulin or amylin, hormones needed to help regulate sugar and food stores in the
body; and
Whereas, individuals with type 1 diabetes are dependent on artificial, injected
insulin; and
Whereas, individuals with type 2 diabetes, or adult-onset diabetes, experience
resistance to their own insulin or amylin and often do not exhibit symptoms in the
early stages of the disease; and
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Whereas, there is a lack of understanding of other types of diabetes, including
gestational diabetes, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, monogenic diabetes,
and others; and
Whereas, the United States is experiencing an insulin pricing crisis, with one
in four individuals with type 1 diabetes reporting they ration insulin; and
Whereas, other supplies for monitoring diabetes, including glucometers,
continuous glucose monitors, and insulin pumps, continue to rise in price; and
Whereas, these increasing prices have created barriers to receiving proper
medical care and achieving healthy control of blood glucose levels; and
Whereas, the serious long-term complications of uncontrolled glucose levels
may include blindness, lower extremity amputation, heart disease, kidney failure,
and premature death; and
Whereas, Wisconsin and the United States are facing a diabetes epidemic, with
the most recent statistics indicating over 541,000 individuals in Wisconsin are
currently living with the disease; and
Whereas, the keys to reducing the incidence of type 2 diabetes and the
complications associated with all forms of diabetes are education, early detection,
control, proper treatment, and continued research; and
Whereas, the earlier a person is diagnosed with diabetes and receives
treatment, the better the person's chances are for avoiding diabetes complications;
and
Whereas, increased awareness of the symptoms and complications of diabetes
will promote improved health outcomes for individuals living with diabetes; now,
therefore, be it
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Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
Legislature formally recognizes November 2023 as Diabetes Awareness Month in
Wisconsin.
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