Memorializes Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 14, 2025, as World Diabetes Day in New York.

The bill memorializes Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 14, 2025, as World Diabetes Day in New York. It highlights the global economic cost of diabetes, which is around $727 billion, with the U.S. accounting for nearly a third of that. The bill emphasizes the importance of raising awareness and celebrating the discovery of insulin by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best in 1922. World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization and became an official United Nations Day in 2006.

Memorializes Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 14, 2025, as World Diabetes Day in New York.

The bill memorializes Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim November 14, 2025, as World Diabetes Day in New York. It highlights the global economic cost of diabetes, which is around $727 billion, with the U.S. accounting for nearly a third of that. The bill emphasizes the importance of raising awareness and celebrating the discovery of insulin by Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best in 1922. World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization and became an official United Nations Day in 2006.