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SENATE MEMORIAL 78

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

John Pinto

A MEMORIAL

EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED FUNDING BEYOND 2008 FOR THE

SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS.

WHEREAS, the special diabetes program for Native Americans

funded through the Indian health service is designed to promote

improved health care among the Native American community

through special diabetes prevention and treatment services

projects with objectives and priorities determined at the local

level; and

WHEREAS, the special diabetes program for Native Americans

funds demonstration projects conducted at sites across the

United States targeting Native American communities that are at

high risk for developing type 2 diabetes and focusing on

lifestyle changes through education and community activities;

and

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WHEREAS, the authorization for the funding of the Indian

health services special diabetes program for Native Americans

expires in 2008 and will leave a service gap in the Native

American community for primary, secondary and tertiary diabetes

prevention and treatment and related data collection; and

WHEREAS, the special diabetes program for Native Americans

has created innovative and culturally appropriate strategies

that address diabetes in Native Americans and has significantly

enhanced diabetes care and education in the Native American

communities in New Mexico; and

WHEREAS, the special diabetes program for Native Americans

has improved diabetes surveillance, provided technical

assistance, improved provider networks and built significant

infrastructure where there was none, and basic programs have

become centers of excellence; and

WHEREAS, the special diabetes program for Native Americans

has demonstrated innovation and leadership for improved

diabetes care for American Indian programs that provide

assistance to the Native American communities in New Mexico;

and

WHEREAS, the special diabetes program for Native Americans

funding formula for grantees is based on user population and

disease burden within New Mexico, and continued funding will

ensure the health and welfare of Native American communities in

New Mexico; and

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WHEREAS, diabetes has a higher prevalence among Native

Americans, who represent eight percent of New Mexico's

population;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE

OF NEW MEXICO that it recognize the rising number of diagnosed

cases of diabetes among the Native American communities in New

Mexico and that continued need for diabetes prevention and

treatment remains; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it express its support for

continued funding of the special diabetes program for Native

Americans beyond 2008 and support the purposes and practices of

diabetes prevention and treatment within the Native American

communities in New Mexico; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it urge congress and the

president of the United States to continue funding of the

special diabetes program for Native Americans beyond 2008; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the president of the United States, the

president of the Navajo Nation, the speaker of the Navajo

Nation council, the president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe,

the president of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, the governors of

the nineteen Indian pueblos in New Mexico, the members of the

New Mexico congressional delegation, the governor, the

secretary of health and the secretary of Indian affairs.

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