HB 1795 -
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
HB 1795 -
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."