1795 AMS HLTH S2286.4

HB 1795  - S COMM AMD
     By Committee on Health Care

NOT CONSIDERED

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The health care authority, department of social and health services, and department of health shall collaborate to identify goals and benchmarks while also developing individual agency plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes in Washington, improve diabetes care, and better control the medical complications and financial impacts associated with diabetes.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   The health care authority, department of social and health services, and department of health shall submit a coordinated report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 31, 2014, and every even-numbered year thereafter, on the following:
     (1) The financial impacts and reach that diabetes of all types and undiagnosed gestational diabetes are having on the programs administered by each agency and individuals, including children with mothers with undiagnosed gestational diabetes, enrolled in those programs. Items in this assessment must include: (a) The number of lives with diabetes and undiagnosed gestational diabetes impacted or covered by the programs administered by each agency; (b) the number of lives with diabetes, or at risk for diabetes, and family members impacted by prevention and diabetes control programs implemented by each agency; (c) the financial toll or impact diabetes and its complications, and undiagnosed gestational diabetes and the complications experienced during labor to children of mothers with gestational diabetes places on these programs in comparison to other chronic diseases and conditions; and (d) the financial toll or impact diabetes and its complications, and diagnosed gestational diabetes and the complications experienced during labor to children of mothers with gestational diabetes places on these programs;
     (2) An assessment of the benefits of implemented and existing programs and activities aimed at controlling all types of diabetes and preventing the disease. This assessment must also document the amount and source for any funding directed to each agency for the programs and activities aimed at reaching those with diabetes of all types;
     (3) A description of the level of coordination existing between the agencies on activities, programmatic activities, and messaging on managing, treating, or preventing all types of diabetes and its complications;
     (4) The development or revision of detailed policy-related action plans and budget recommendations for battling diabetes and undiagnosed gestational diabetes that includes a range of actionable items for consideration by the legislature. The plans and budget recommendations must identify proposed action steps to reduce the impact of diabetes, prediabetes, related diabetes complications, and undiagnosed gestational diabetes. The plans and budget recommendations must also identify expected outcomes of the action steps proposed in the following biennium while also establishing benchmarks for controlling and preventing all types of diabetes; and
     (5) An estimate of savings, efficiencies, costs, and budgetary savings and resources required to implement the plans and budget recommendations identified in subsection (4) of this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   Sections 1 and 2 of this act constitute a new chapter in Title 70 RCW."

HB 1795  - S COMM AMD
     By Committee on Health Care

NOT CONSIDERED

     On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "Washington;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW."

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