CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5689
Chapter 56, Laws of 2016
64th Legislature
2016 Regular Session
DIABETES--PLANNING--REPORTS
SENATE BILL 5689
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2016 Regular Session
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State of Washington | 64th Legislature | 2015 Regular Session |
By Senators Becker, Keiser, Dammeier, Frockt, Jayapal, and McAuliffe
Read first time 01/29/15. Referred to Committee on Health Care.
AN ACT Relating to containing the scope and costs of the diabetes epidemic in Washington; adding a new chapter to Title
70 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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 control complications associated with diabetes.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The health care authority, department of social and health services, and department of health shall each submit a report to the governor and the legislature by December 31, 2019, and every second year thereafter, on the following:
(1) The financial impact and reach diabetes of all types is having on programs administered by each agency and individuals enrolled in those programs. Items included in this assessment must include the number of lives with diabetes impacted or covered by programs administered by the agency, the number of lives with diabetes and family members impacted by prevention and diabetes control programs implemented by the agency, the financial toll or impact diabetes and its complications places on these programs, and the financial toll or impact diabetes and its complications places on these programs in comparison to other chronic diseases and conditions;
(2) An assessment of the benefits of implemented programs and activities aimed at controlling diabetes and preventing the disease. This assessment must also document the amount and source for any funding directed to the agency for programs and activities aimed at reaching those with diabetes;
(3) A description of the level of coordination existing between the agencies on activities, programmatic activities, and messaging on managing, treating, or preventing all forms of diabetes and its complications;
(4) A development or revision of detailed action plans for battling diabetes with a range of actionable items for consideration by the legislature. The plans must identify proposed action steps to reduce the impact of diabetes, prediabetes, and related diabetes complications. The plan must also identify expected outcomes of the action steps proposed in the following biennium while also establishing benchmarks for controlling and preventing relevant forms of diabetes; and
(5) An estimate of costs and resources required to implement the plan 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. NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2016, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.
Passed by the Senate March 8, 2016.
Passed by the House March 3, 2016.
Approved by the Governor March 29, 2016.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 30, 2016.