§ 191.990 — Diabetes goals and benchmarks — report, contents.

Missouri § 191.990

• Jurisdiction: Missouri
• Title XII: PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
• Ch. 191: Health and Welfare

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1.  The MO HealthNet division and the department of health and senior services shall collaborate to coordinate goals and benchmarks in each agency's 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 prevalence and financial impact of diabetes of all types on the state of Missouri.  Items in this assessment shall include an estimate of the number of people with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes, the number of individuals with diabetes impacted or covered by the agency programs addressing diabetes, the financial impact of diabetes, and its complications on Missouri based on the most recently published cost estimates for diabetes;

(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 agencies, their contracted partners, and other stakeholders 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, prediabetes, 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 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 August 28, 2014, 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.

Legislative History

(L. 2014 S.B. 716 merged with S.B. 754)