Bill Title: Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide medical assistance coverage for diabetes education provided by a certified diabetes education provider for children with Type 1 diabetes who are under the age of 18. Defines "certified diabetes education provider" to mean a professional who has undergone training and certification under conditions approved by the American Association of Diabetes Educators or a successor association of professionals. Defines "Type 1 diabetes" to have the same meaning ascribed to it by the American Diabetes Association or any successor association. Requires the Department to establish a 2-year countywide Medicaid Pilot Program for Diabetes Self-Management Training that covers consultation sessions on blood glucose monitoring, dietary restrictions and options, lifestyle modification, family and community support roles, early appropriate insulin or other medication initiation and administration, and awareness of specific disease-related conditions including hypoglycemia. Contains provisions concerning a reimbursement formula; required competencies for diabetes educators; education standards for diabetes educators; work experience; continuing education; and reporting requirements. Effective January 1, 2016.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1792 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Antonio Munoz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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