Florida Senate - 2015 CS for CS for SB 296
By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
and Health Policy; and Senators Garcia and Joyner
585-01922-15 2015296c2
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; adjusting the representation of certain
10 areas of specialization or institutions in the
11 membership of the council; adding an organization from
12 which a representative may be selected to serve as a
13 council member; providing an effective date.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Present paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of
18 section 385.203, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
19 (d), and a new paragraph (c) is added to that subsection, and
20 present paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of that section is
21 amended and redesignated as paragraph (c), and a new paragraph
22 (b) is added to that subsection, to 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) One member each from at least three of the medical
62 schools in the state.
63 (c)(b) Not more than 18 members and not more than one each
64 Twenty-one members, who must include one representative from
65 among each of the following areas: nursing with diabetes
66 educator certification; dietary with diabetes educator
67 certification; podiatry; ophthalmology or optometry; psychology;
68 pharmacy; adult endocrinology; pediatric endocrinology; the
69 American Diabetes Association (ADA); the American Association of
70 Diabetes Educators; the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDF); the
71 Florida Academy of Family Physicians; a community health center;
72 a county health department; an ADA-recognized American Diabetes
73 Association recognized community education program; each medical
74 school in the state; an osteopathic medical school; the
75 insurance industry; a Children’s Medical Services diabetes
76 regional program; and an employer.
77 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.