SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES FRANKLIN (Sponsor), SWAN, WALKER, RHOADS, MORRIS AND WALTON GRAY (Co-sponsors).
5926H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to diabetes prevention.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 191.990, to read as follows:
191.990. 1. The MO HealthNet division and the department of health and senior services shall collaborate to identify goals and benchmarks while also developing individual agency plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes in Missouri, improve diabetes care, and control complications associated with diabetes.
2. The MO HealthNet division and the department of health and senior services shall submit a report to the general assembly by January first of each odd-numbered year on the following:
(1) The financial impact and reach diabetes of all types is having on the agency, the state, and localities. Items in this assessment shall include the number of individuals with diabetes impacted or covered by the agency, the number of individuals 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 the program, and the financial toll or impact diabetes and its complications places on the program 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 also shall document the amount and source for any funding directed to the agency from the general assembly for programs and activities aimed at reaching those with diabetes;
(3) A description of the level of coordination existing between the agencies on activities, programs, and messaging on managing, treating, or preventing all forms of diabetes and its complications;
(4) The development or revision of detailed action plans for battling diabetes with a range of actionable items for consideration by the general assembly. The plans shall identify proposed action steps to reduce the impact of diabetes, pre-diabetes, and related diabetes complications. The plan also shall 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) The development of a detailed budget blueprint identifying needs, costs, and resources required to implement the plan identified in subdivision (4) of this subsection. This blueprint shall include a budget range for all options presented in the plan identified in subdivision (4) of this subsection for consideration by the general assembly.
3. The requirements of subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall be limited to diabetes information, data, initiatives, and programs within each agency prior to the effective date of this section, unless there is unobligated funding for diabetes in each agency that may be used for new research, data collection, reporting, or other requirements of subsections 1 and 2 of this section.
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