Florida Senate - 2015 CS for CS for CS for SB 296
By the Committees on Fiscal Policy; Governmental Oversight and
Accountability; and Health Policy; and Senators Garcia and
Joyner
594-02562-15 2015296c3
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 the Legislature; specifying the contents
9 of the report; adjusting the representation of certain
10 areas of health care specialization and institutions
11 in the membership of the council; adding an
12 organization from which a representative may be
13 selected to serve as a council member; providing an
14 effective date.
15
16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
17
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 present paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of that section is
22 amended and redesignated as paragraph (c), present paragraph (c)
23 is redesignated as paragraph (d), and a new paragraph (b) is
24 added to that subsection, to read:
25 385.203 Diabetes Advisory Council; creation; function;
26 membership.—
27 (1) To guide a statewide comprehensive approach to diabetes
28 prevention, diagnosis, education, care, treatment, impact, and
29 costs thereof, there is created a Diabetes Advisory Council that
30 serves as the advisory unit to the Department of Health, other
31 governmental agencies, professional and other organizations, and
32 the general public. The council shall:
33 (c) In conjunction with the department, the Agency for
34 Health Care Administration, and the Department of Management
35 Services, by January 10 of each odd-numbered year, submit to the
36 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
37 House of Representatives a report containing the following
38 information:
39 1. The public health consequences and financial impact on
40 the state of all types of diabetes and resulting health
41 complications, including the number of persons with diabetes
42 covered by Medicaid, the number of persons with diabetes who are
43 insured by the Division of State Group Insurance, and the number
44 of persons with diabetes who are impacted by state agency
45 diabetes programs and activities.
46 2. A description and an assessment of the effectiveness of
47 the diabetes programs and activities implemented by each state
48 agency, the amount and source of funding for such programs and
49 activities, and the cost savings realized as a result of the
50 implementation of such programs and activities.
51 3. A description of the coordination among state agencies
52 of their respective programs, activities, and communications
53 designed to manage, treat, and prevent all types of diabetes.
54 4. The development of and revisions to a detailed action
55 plan for reducing and controlling the number of new cases of
56 diabetes and identification of proposed action steps to reduce
57 the impact of all types of diabetes, identification of expected
58 outcomes if the plan is implemented, and the establishment of
59 benchmarks for preventing and controlling diabetes.
60 (3) The council shall be composed of 26 citizens of the
61 state who have knowledge of, or work in, the area of diabetes
62 mellitus as follows:
63 (b) One member each from at least three of the medical
64 schools in the state.
65 (c)(b) Not more than 18 members and not more than one each
66 Twenty-one members, who must include one representative from
67 among each of the following areas: nursing with diabetes
68 educator certification; dietary with diabetes educator
69 certification; podiatry; ophthalmology or optometry; psychology;
70 pharmacy; adult endocrinology; pediatric endocrinology; the
71 American Diabetes Association (ADA); the American Association of
72 Diabetes Educators; the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDF); the
73 Florida Academy of Family Physicians; a community health center;
74 a county health department; an ADA-recognized American Diabetes
75 Association recognized community education program; each medical
76 school in the state; an osteopathic medical school; the
77 insurance industry; a Children’s Medical Services diabetes
78 regional program; and an employer.
79 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.