| 1 | Representative Ausley offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 100 and 101, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Office of State Diabetes Coordinator.-- |
| 6 | (1) OFFICE CREATED; APPOINTMENT.--The office of State |
| 7 | Diabetes Coordinator is created within the office of the Deputy |
| 8 | State Health Officer. The State Diabetes Coordinator shall be |
| 9 | appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Surgeon General, |
| 10 | and shall report directly to the Surgeon General. |
| 11 | (2) DUTIES.--The State Diabetes Coordinator shall: |
| 12 | (a) Serve as the principal advisor to the Surgeon General |
| 13 | on ways to save lives, improve the quality of life, and reduce |
| 14 | costs for taxpayers, patients, and others by reducing the |
| 15 | incidence of diabetes and its complications. |
| 16 | (b) Review and report on any existing means for measuring |
| 17 | the incidence of diabetes in this state and recommend means of |
| 18 | measuring the incidence of diabetes to the extent that such |
| 19 | means are not currently in place. |
| 20 | (c) Develop and coordinate implementation of a statewide |
| 21 | strategy to reduce the incidence, progression, and impact of |
| 22 | diabetes and its complications. |
| 23 | (d) Provide leadership and coordination between state |
| 24 | agencies, local agencies, the nonprofit sector, and the private |
| 25 | sector to improve coordination of federal, state, local, and |
| 26 | voluntary agencies for the purpose of reducing duplication of |
| 27 | effort, maximizing impact, and marshalling public resources. |
| 28 | (e) Coordinate public and private resources to develop and |
| 29 | lead a public awareness campaign regarding the prevention and |
| 30 | control of diabetes and its complications. |
| 31 | Section 3. Statewide strategy for the prevention and |
| 32 | control of diabetes.-- |
| 33 | (1) No later than October 1 of each year, the Surgeon |
| 34 | General, in consultation with the State Diabetes Coordinator, |
| 35 | shall provide a report to the Governor, the President of the |
| 36 | Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| 37 | describing the statewide strategy to reduce the incidence, |
| 38 | progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications, |
| 39 | including such recommendations for legislation as the Surgeon |
| 40 | General deems appropriate. |
| 41 | (2) No later than October 1 of each year, the Commissioner |
| 42 | of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall provide a report to |
| 43 | the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of |
| 44 | the House of Representatives describing the ways in which food |
| 45 | programs and nutritional support can be better targeted at |
| 46 | concerns specific to persons at risk for diabetes and persons |
| 47 | with diabetes whose complications could be reduced by more |
| 48 | effective diet, including such recommendations for legislation |
| 49 | as the commissioner deems appropriate. |
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| 53 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 54 | Remove line 11 and insert: |
| 55 | of the task force; creating the office of State Diabetes |
| 56 | Coordinator within the Department of Health; specifying duties; |
| 57 | requiring development of a statewide strategy for the prevention |
| 58 | and control of diabetes; requiring reports to the Governor and |
| 59 | Legislature; providing an effective date. |