Bill Text: HI HB1505 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Diabetes.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 6 [HB1505 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-HB1505-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1505
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO DIABETES.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Diabetes is one of the biggest public health challenges facing Americans.  According to the American Diabetes Association, in 2012, over twenty-nine million children and adults in the United States, 9.3 per cent of the population, have diabetes.  In Hawaii nearly six hundred thousand people are living with prediabetes or diabetes, affecting one in three individuals.  This translates to over 154,000 people with diabetes and an additional 442,000, or 41.5 per cent, of the adult population with prediabetes.  Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in Hawaii and nationwide.  Diabetes is a major cause of heart disease and stroke.

     The legislature finds that prevention measures that inform and educate the public about the risks associated with diabetes will help people achieve better outcomes and mitigate the high cost to the health care system.

     The purpose of this Act is to create a task force aimed at diabetes prevention, management, and reduction of the impact of diabetes in the state.

     SECTION 2.  (a)  There is established the diabetes prevention and management task force.  The director of health, or the director's designee, shall serve as the chairperson of the diabetes prevention and management task force.  The director of health, or the director's designee, may designate a task force vice chairperson.

     (b)  The task force shall:

     (1)  Develop and recommend legislation related to the prevention of diabetes;

  (2)  Assemble accurate research and fiscal and demographic information to support policy development and track outcomes on diabetes prevention; and

     (3)  Research other state and county organizational policy agendas and best practices related to diabetes prevention policies.

     (c)  The task force shall comprise the following members:

     (1)  A representative appointed by the governor;

     (2)  The director of health or the director's designee;

     (3)  The director of human services or the director's designee;

     (4)  A representative from the University of Hawaii department of public health sciences;

     (5)  A representative from the American Diabetes Association;

     (6)  The speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker's designee; and

     (7)  The senate president or the president's designee.

     (d)  No members of the diabetes prevention and management task force shall be made subject to chapter 84, Hawaii Revised Statutes, solely because of that member's participation on the task force.

     (e)  The task force shall meet at least monthly from July 2017 to November 2017.

     (f)  The task force shall report its findings and recommendations on diabetes prevention and management, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2018.  This report shall include:

     (1)  The financial impact and reach of diabetes of all types on the department of health, the department of human services, as well as the population statewide and in specific areas of the state, including:

         (A)  The number of people with diabetes receiving services provided by each department;

         (B)  The number of people with diabetes and family members reached via diabetes prevention and control programs implemented by each department;

         (C)  The financial impact of diabetes and its complications on each department; and

         (D)  The financial impact of diabetes and its complications on each department in comparison to other chronic diseases and conditions;

     (2)  The benefits of implemented programs and activities aimed at preventing or controlling diabetes.  This assessment shall document the amount and source of any funding directed to each department for programs and activities aimed at reaching those with diabetes;

     (3)  The level of coordination among the departments and the divisions and agencies thereof on activities, programmatic activities, and messaging related to the management, treatment, or prevention of all forms of diabetes and its complications;

     (4)  The development or revision of a detailed action plan for preventing and controlling diabetes with a range of actionable items for consideration by the legislature.  The plan shall identify proposed actions to reduce the impact of all forms of diabetes, pre-diabetes, and complications related to diabetes; identify expected outcomes of the proposed actions in the following biennium; and establish benchmarks for preventing and controlling relevant forms of diabetes, reducing the incidence of diabetes, improving diabetes care, and controlling complications associated with diabetes; and

     (5)  The development of a detailed budget proposal identifying needs, costs, and resources required to implement the plan pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection.  This proposal shall include a budget range for each proposed action presented in the plan pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection for consideration by the legislature.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Department of Health; Diabetes Prevention Management Task Force

 

Description:

Establishes the Diabetes Prevention and Management Task Force.  Effective July 1, 2017.

 

 

 

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