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§2616. Diabetes annual action plan; submission; content
A. The Louisiana Department of Health shall submit an action plan, after consulting
with and receiving comments from the medical director of each of its contracted Medicaid
partners, to the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare and the House Committee on
Health and Welfare no later than February first of each year on the following:
(1)The financial impact and reach diabetes of all types is having on the state of
Louisiana and its residents. Items in this assessment shall include the number of lives with
diabetes covered by Medicaid through the Louisiana Department of Health and its contracted
partners, the number of lives with diabetes impacted by the prevention and diabetes control
programs implemented by the department and its con
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§2616. Diabetes annual action plan; submission; content
A. The Louisiana Department of Health shall submit an action plan, after consulting
with and receiving comments from the medical director of each of its contracted Medicaid
partners, to the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare and the House Committee on
Health and Welfare no later than February first of each year on the following:
(1) The financial impact and reach diabetes of all types is having on the state of
Louisiana and its residents. Items in this assessment shall include the number of lives with
diabetes covered by Medicaid through the Louisiana Department of Health and its contracted
partners, the number of lives with diabetes impacted by the prevention and diabetes control
programs implemented by the department and its contracted partners, the financial cost
diabetes and its complications places on the department and its contracted partners, and the
financial cost diabetes and its complications places on the department and its contracted
partners 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.
(3) A description of the level of coordination existing between the Louisiana
Department of Health, its contracted partners, and other stakeholders on activities,
programmatic activities, and the level of communication on managing, treating, or preventing
all forms of diabetes and its complications.
(4) The development of a detailed action plan for battling diabetes with a range of
actionable items. The plan shall identify proposed action steps to reduce the impact of
diabetes, prediabetes, and related diabetes complications. The plan shall identify expected
outcomes of the action steps proposed while establishing benchmarks for controlling and
preventing diabetes.
(5) The development of a detailed budget blueprint identifying needs, costs, and
resources to implement the plan identified in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection.
B. The Louisiana Department of Health shall include within the annual diabetes
action plan the most current editions of the standards of medical care in diabetes by the
American Diabetes Association and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.