Florida Senate - 2015 CS for SB 296
By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Garcia
588-01662-15 2015296c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Diabetes Advisory Council;
3 amending s. 385.203, F.S.; requiring the council, in
4 conjunction with the Department of Health, the Agency
5 for Health Care Administration, and the Department of
6 Management Services, to develop plans to manage,
7 treat, and prevent diabetes; requiring a report to the
8 Governor and Legislature; specifying the contents of
9 the report; providing that the council membership may
10 be, rather than must be, representative of certain
11 areas of specialization or certain institutions,
12 organizations, and industries; adding an organization
13 from which a representative may be selected to serve
14 as a council member; providing an effective date.
15
16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Present paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of
19 section 385.203, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
20 (d), and a new paragraph (c) is added to that subsection, and
21 paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of that section is amended, to
22 read:
23 385.203 Diabetes Advisory Council; creation; function;
24 membership.—
25 (1) To guide a statewide comprehensive approach to diabetes
26 prevention, diagnosis, education, care, treatment, impact, and
27 costs thereof, there is created a Diabetes Advisory Council that
28 serves as the advisory unit to the Department of Health, other
29 governmental agencies, professional and other organizations, and
30 the general public. The council shall:
31 (c) In conjunction with the department, the Agency for
32 Health Care Administration, and the Department of Management
33 Services, by January 10 of each odd-numbered year, submit to the
34 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
35 House of Representatives a report containing the following
36 information:
37 1. The public health consequences and financial impact on
38 the state of all types of diabetes and resulting health
39 complications, including the number of persons with diabetes
40 covered by Medicaid, the number of persons with diabetes who are
41 insured by the Division of State Group Insurance, and the number
42 of persons with diabetes who are impacted by state agency
43 diabetes programs and activities.
44 2. A description and an assessment of the effectiveness of
45 the diabetes programs and activities implemented by each state
46 agency, the amount and source of funding for such programs and
47 activities, and the cost savings realized as a result of the
48 implementation of such programs and activities.
49 3. A description of the coordination among state agencies
50 of their respective programs, activities, and communications
51 designed to manage, treat, and prevent all types of diabetes.
52 4. The development of and revisions to a detailed action
53 plan for reducing and controlling the number of new cases of
54 diabetes and identification of proposed action steps to reduce
55 the impact of all types of diabetes, identification of expected
56 outcomes if the plan is implemented, and the establishment of
57 benchmarks for preventing and controlling diabetes.
58 (3) The council shall be composed of 26 citizens of the
59 state who have knowledge of, or work in, the area of diabetes
60 mellitus as follows:
61 (b) Twenty-one members, who may must include one
62 representative from any each of the following areas: nursing
63 with diabetes-educator certification; dietary with diabetes
64 educator certification; podiatry; ophthalmology or optometry;
65 psychology; pharmacy; adult endocrinology; pediatric
66 endocrinology; the American Diabetes Association (ADA); the
67 American Association of Diabetes Educators; the Juvenile
68 Diabetes Foundation (JDF); the Florida Academy of Family
69 Physicians; a community health center; a county health
70 department; an ADA-recognized American Diabetes Association
71 recognized community education program; each medical school in
72 the state; an osteopathic medical school; the insurance
73 industry; a Children’s Medical Services diabetes regional
74 program; and an employer.
75 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.