Bill Text: CA AB1349 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Diabetes: strategy for awareness and prevention.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1349 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1349-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
March 30, 2017 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 1349 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Daly |
February 17, 2017 |
An act to add Section 104253 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1349, as amended, Daly.
Diabetes. Diabetes: strategy for awareness and prevention.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to submit a report to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2019, that includes, among other things, a summary and compilation of recommendations on diabetes prevention and management from specified sources and policy recommendations for the prevention and management of diabetes. Existing law requires the department to annually post certain information relating to preventing or managing diabetes on its Internet Web site.
This bill would require the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Health Care Services to jointly develop a strategy for diabetes awareness and
prevention, and to report that strategy and related findings to the Legislature and the Governor on or before July 1, 2018.
Existing law generally supports various programs to prevent and manage diabetes, and specifically requires, among other programs, the State Department of Public Health to annually post on its Internet Web site a summary of the amount and source of any funding directed to the department for programs and activities aimed at preventing or managing diabetes.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a new source of funding for diabetes prevention programs and services.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) According to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 55% of California adults are either diabetic or prediabetic and up to 70% of those with prediabetes will go on to develop diabetes in their lifetimes.
(b) Diabetes is now the 7th leading cause of death in California, which among other states has the highest number of new cases of diabetes annually.
(c) As of March 2016, at least 2.5 million Californians have been diagnosed with diabetes, which can cause kidney failure, amputation, and premature death.
(d) Researchers at UCLA found that approximately 42% of Asian adults, 44% of Latino adults, 48% of white adults, 50% of African American adults, and 55% of Pacific Islander adults are prediabetic.
(e) The vast majority of diabetes cases in California—as high as 90%—are type 2, which is mostly preventable. People can delay or avoid developing diabetes by adopting a healthier diet and increasing physical activity.
(f) Compared to other states,
California devotes the fewest funds per capita specifically for diabetes prevention.
(g) California, at a minimum, should allocate state general funds in an amount comparable to other large states, such as New York, which spends $0.42 per capita for basic diabetes prevention efforts, an amount that would generate $16 million per year for Californians. Expended funds should focus particularly on communities where diabetes and prediabetes rates are highest, as recommended by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
SEC. 2.
Section 104253 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:104253.
(a) The State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Health Care Services shall jointly develop a strategy for diabetes awareness and prevention that includes, but is not limited to, a planned timeline and cost estimates for implementing the strategy.(b) On or before July 1, 2018, the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Health Care Services shall report the strategy and any findings relating to developing the strategy to the Legislature and the Governor. The report to the Legislature shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a new source of funding for diabetes prevention programs and services.
