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.