95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0654


 
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Ms. Mattie Hunter
 
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    Creates the Diabetes Initiative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall develop a strategic plan to slow the rate of diabetes as a result of obesity and other environmental factors by the year 2010.   Provides certain guidelines for the development of the plan. Provides that the Department shall deliver the plan to the Governor and to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2008.  Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2010. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning health.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
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Diabetes Initiative Act.
 
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    Section 5. Diabetes initiative. 
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    (a) The Department of Human Services shall develop a 
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strategic plan to slow the rate of diabetes as a result of 
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obesity and other environmental factors by the year 2010.  The 
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Department shall collaborate with the Illinois State Diabetes 
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Commission and may convene work groups as necessary that may 
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include:
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        (1) health care professionals and researchers 
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    specializing in diabetes treatment or research;
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        (2) diabetes educators;
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        (3) representatives of medical schools or schools of 
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    public health;
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        (4) high school or college health educators;
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        (5) representatives from geographic areas or other 
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    population groups at higher risk of diabetes;
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        (6) representatives of community-based organizations 
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    involved in providing education, awareness, or support 
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    about diabetes; or 
 


 






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        (7) other representatives the Department determines 
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    are necessary.
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    (b) In developing the plan, the Department shall:
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        (1) identify barriers to effective screening 
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    compliance and treatment for diabetes, including specific 
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    barriers affecting providers and patients;
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        (2) identify methods to increase the number of 
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    beneficiaries who will screen regularly for diabetes;
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        (3) review current medical therapies and best clinical 
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    practices for diabetes, including the American Diabetes 
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    Association clinical measures and recommendations, 
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    including the importance of Body Mass Index as a key factor 
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    to managing diabetes;
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        (4) review drugs and biologicals available to control 
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    diabetes, including those that are provided upon failure of 
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    oral medications and as ancillary to the provision of 
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    insulin; 
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        (5) review current screening, treatment, and related 
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    activities in this State and identify gaps in service 
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    delivery, use of technology, or use of  current clinical 
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    measures and guidelines, such as those promulgated by the 
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    American Diabetes Association; 
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        (6) identify actions to be taken to reduce the 
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    morbidity and mortality from diabetes by the year 2010 and 
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    a time line for taking those actions; and 
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        (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly on 
 


 






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    policy changes and funding needed to achieve the strategic 
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    plan. 
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    (c) The Department shall deliver the plan to the Governor 
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and to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2008.
 
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    Section 10. Expiration. This Act is repealed on January 1, 
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2010. 
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.