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HJR 97

Chronic Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes Task Force, extended

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Ed Oliver

Extends the Chronic Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes Task Force by one year to finish its study and submit a final report by the 2026 legislative session.

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Bill Summary · HJR 97

Summary — HJR 97: Extension of the Chronic Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes Task Force

Status: Enacted
Introduced: November 18, 2024
Final action (enacted): April 2, 2025
Classification: Joint resolution (extension of an existing task force)
Subject: Health

Purpose

HJR 97 extends the statutory life of the Chronic Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes Task Force — originally created by House Joint Resolution 163 (Act 2023-260, 2023 Regular Session) — to allow the group one additional year to complete study and develop recommendations on the health implications of chronic weight management and type 2 diabetes.

Key provisions

  • Extends the existing task force created under Act 2023-260 for an additional year.
  • Sets a new deadline for the task force's final report: not later than the fifteenth legislative day of the 2026 Regular Session.
  • Provides that upon filing the required report with legislative leadership and committee chairs, the task force is dissolved and discharged of future duties and liabilities.
  • Requires compliance with Code of Alabama §36-14-17.1: the task force must provide the Secretary of State with notice of all meetings, the names of members, and a copy of the final report and any other documents produced during its existence.

Who is affected

  • The Chronic Weight Management and Type 2 Diabetes Task Force (its members and any staff or agencies supporting it).
  • Legislative recipients of the task force report: Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and chairs of the appropriate legislative committees.
  • The Secretary of State, which will receive meeting notices, membership lists, and the task force’s final documentation under the cited Code provision.
  • Indirectly, policymakers, public health officials, health care providers, and stakeholders who may use the task force recommendations to inform program or policy decisions relating to chronic weight management and type 2 diabetes.

Timeline and procedural notes

  • Original dissolution date tied to the 15th legislative day of the 2025 Regular Session (per Act 2023-260) is superseded by this extension.
  • New final-report deadline: 15th legislative day of the 2026 Regular Session; task force dissolves upon filing.
  • Legislative action log highlights: filed 11/18/2024; read 1st time 3/10/2025; enrolled and reported 3/19/2025; delivered to governor 3/20/2025; enacted 4/2/2025. Committee hearings and records appear in May 2025 per the provided actions.

Impact

The resolution does not appropriate funds or change membership or duties substantively beyond extending the timetable and reinforcing transparency requirements. Its practical effect is to give the task force additional time to complete study work and refine policy recommendations concerning chronic weight management and type 2 diabetes before final dissolution.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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