Title: Diabetes Advisory Council

Summary: Requires Diabetes Advisory Council, in conjunction with DOH, AHCA, & DMS to develop plans relating to diabetes management, treatment, & control; requires report to Governor & Legislature.

Full Text:
An act relating to the Diabetes Advisory Council; amending s. 385.203, F.S.; requiring the council, in conjunction with the Department of Health, the Agency for Health Care Administration, and the Department of Management Services to develop plans to manage, treat, and prevent diabetes; requiring a report to the Governor and Legislature; providing for contents of the report; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 385.203, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (d), and a new paragraph (c) is added to that subsection to read: 385.203 Diabetes Adv isory Council; creation; function; membership.-(1) To guide a statewide comprehensive approach to diabetes prevention, diagnosis, education, care, treatment, impact, and costs thereof, there is created a Diabetes Advisory Council that serves as the advi sory unit to the Department of Health, other governmental agencies, professional and other organizations, and the general public. The council shall: (c) In conjunction with the department, the Agency for Health Care Administration, and the Department of Management Services, submit by January of each odd-numbered year to the CS/HB 2014 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report containing the following information: 1. The public health consequences and financi al impact on the state from all types of diabetes and resulting health complications, including the number of persons with diabetes covered by Medicaid, the number of persons with diabetes who are insured by the Division of State Group Insurance, and the number of persons with diabetes who are impacted by state agency diabetes programs and activities. 2. A description and an assessment of the effectiveness of the diabetes programs and activities implemented by each state agency, the amount and source of funding for such programs and activities, and the cost savings realized as a result of the implementation of such programs and activities. 3. A description of the coordination among state agencies of programs, activities, and communications designed to ma nage, treat, and prevent all types of diabetes. 4. The development of and revisions to a detailed action plan for reducing and controlling the number of new cases of diabetes and identification of proposed action steps to reduce the impact of all types of diabetes, identification of expected outcomes if the plan is implemented, and establishment of benchmarks for preventing and controlling diabetes. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.