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REFERENCE TITLE: diabetes; annual report |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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HB 2258 |
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Introduced by Representative Carter
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AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36‑142; relating to diabetes.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-142, to read:
36-142. Diabetes information; annual report
A. The Arizona diabetes program working in conjunction with the department of health services, the Arizona health care cost containment system, the public safety personnel retirement system, the Arizona state retirement system and the department of administration benefit services division and diabetes stakeholder, including the American diabetes association and the Arizona diabetes coalition, shall compile a report each year on the following information:
1. The prevalence in this state of:
(a) Diabetes by type.
(b) diabetes by age, race and gender.
(c) Complications associated with diabetes.
(d) Prediabetes.
2. The costs of diabetes in this state.
3. The Arizona diabetes program's plan for reducing the incidence of diabetes in this state, improving diabetes care and reducing diabetes‑related health disparities, including proposed action steps. The plan shall include prioritized recommendations for public policy strategies and an estimated budget identifying the needs, costs and resources required to implement the plan.
4. A description of the level of coordination that exists between the DEPARTMENT OF health services and hospitals, the department's contracted partners and other stakeholders on activities and programmatic activities and the level of communication on managing, treating or preventing all forms of diabetes and its complications.
B. The requirements of subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section are limited to the diabetes information, data, initiatives and programs within each agency before the effective date of this section, unless there is unobligated funding for diabetes in an agency that may be used for new research, data collection and reporting for the purposes of subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section.
C. On or before January 31 of each year, the department shall provide the report required by subsection A of this section to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and shall submit a copy to the secretary of state.