By: Parker S.R. No. 177 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, Diabetes is a devastating disease that poses a 1-3 serious public health problem for many Texans; and 1-4 WHEREAS, Approximately 450,000 persons in Texas have been 1-5 diagnosed with diabetes and another 400,000 have the disease but 1-6 have not yet been diagnosed; and 1-7 WHEREAS, These numbers will steadily rise with an 1-8 increasing population of high-risk Hispanic, Black, and elderly 1-9 Texans; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Complications such as amputations, blindness, 1-11 kidney failure, heart disease, birth defects, and strokes result 1-12 from uncontrolled diabetes; and 1-13 WHEREAS, Texans pay an estimated $2.7 billion each year 1-14 for treating complications of diabetes, lost income, and costs to 1-15 state-supported medical care programs; and 1-16 WHEREAS, Fifty to 60 percent of complications can be 1-17 prevented with good education about diet, weight, exercise, and 1-18 appropriate patient diabetes education and clinical care; and 1-19 WHEREAS, The Texas Diabetes Council has applied prevention 1-20 techniques in public health settings with programs designed to 1-21 save dollars and human suffering; and 1-22 WHEREAS, The council's Statewide Diabetic Eye Program has 1-23 been estimated to save $8 for every $1 spent; and 2-1 WHEREAS, The Texas Diabetes Council as mandated by the 2-2 Texas Legislature has completed A Plan to Control Diabetes in Texas 2-3 for the purpose of promoting more effective interventions to help 2-4 reduce illness from diabetes in Texas, to educate the public on the 2-5 problems of diabetes, and to increase public support for essential 2-6 diabetes services; and 2-7 WHEREAS, The American Diabetes Association and the Texas 2-8 Diabetes Council have cosponsored the events of February 9, 1993, 2-9 "Diabetes Day at the Capitol," to call attention to this growing 2-10 health care problem in our state; and 2-11 WHEREAS, The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, American 2-12 Association of Diabetes Educators, and other concerned groups have 2-13 supported the efforts of this day; now, therefore, be it 2-14 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-15 73rd Legislature, hereby extend its concern for those with diabetes. 2-16 _____________________________________ 2-17 President of the Senate 2-18 I hereby certify that the 2-19 above Resolution was adopted by 2-20 the Senate on February 9, 1993. 2-21 _____________________________________ 2-22 Secretary of the Senate 2-23 _____________________________________ 2-24 Member, Texas Senate