This amendment adds specific requirements to make a reasonable effort to work to guarantee the enrolled patient population reflects the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic, age, and gender diversity of Delawareans living with Type 2 diabetes consistent with available epidemiological data.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms or consequences for non-compliance, leaving these aspects uncertain.

Making Sure Diabetes Studies Include Many Kinds of People

This amendment requires that people in studies about Type 2 diabetes should represent the different races, ethnicities, economic backgrounds, ages, genders, and places where Delawareans with Type 2 diabetes live.

What This Bill Does

• Adds rules to make sure studies include a mix of people who have Type 2 diabetes.
• Requires that the group in the study matches the real-world diversity of Delaware's Type 2 diabetes patients.

Who It Names or Affects

• People doing studies on Type 2 diabetes

Terms To Know

Epidemiological data

Information about how often diseases like Type 2 diabetes happen in different groups of people.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is not clear how this amendment will be enforced.
• The bill does not specify what happens if the study participants do not match the required diversity.

Official Summary Text

This amendment adds specific requirements to make a reasonable effort to work to guarantee the enrolled patient population reflects the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic, age, and gender diversity of Delawareans living with Type 2 diabetes consistent with available epidemiological data.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Hilovsky

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 305

AMEND House Bill No. 305 on line 98 by inserting after the phrase “

Pilot Program.

” the following:

“

In recruiting volunteer participants, the Secretary shall make a reasonable effort to work to guarantee that the enrolled patient population reflects the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic, age, and gender diversity of Delawareans living with Type 2 diabetes, consistent with available epidemiological data on diabetes prevalence across demographic groups in the State.

”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment adds specific requirements to make a reasonable effort to work to guarantee the enrolled patient population reflects the racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic, age, and gender diversity of Delawareans living with Type 2 diabetes consistent with available epidemiological data.