Bill Text: NY S05272 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a state diabetes coordinator within the department of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-16 - PRINT NUMBER 5272A [S05272 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05272-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5272--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by Sens. MONTGOMERY, ESPADA -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Health  --
         recommitted  to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule
         6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law and the agriculture and markets
         law, in relation to establishing a state diabetes  coordinator  within
         the department of health
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by  adding  a
    2  new title 6 to read as follows:
    3                                   TITLE 6
    4                         STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR
    5  SECTION 267.   STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR.
    6          267-A. DUTIES.
    7          267-B. REPORTS.
    8    S  267. STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN
    9  THE DEPARTMENT A STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR. THE STATE DIABETES  COORDI-
   10  NATOR  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
   11  GOVERNOR, OR DESIGNEE OF THE GOVERNOR. THE  STATE  DIABETES  COORDINATOR
   12  SHALL REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONER IN CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS
   13  OF THIS TITLE.
   14    S 267-A. DUTIES. THE STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
   15  ING DUTIES:
   16    1.  TO  SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL ADVISOR TO THE COMMISSIONER ON METHODS,
   17  PROCEDURES AND OTHER  ACTIONS  AVAILABLE  TO  REDUCE  THE  INCIDENCE  OF
   18  DIABETES  AND  ITS  COMPLICATIONS,  TO  IMPROVE  THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
   19  PERSONS WITH DIABETES AND TO REDUCE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TREAT-
   20  MENT OF DIABETES PAID BY PERSONS WITH DIABETES AND BY THE STATE;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10343-02-0
       S. 5272--A                          2
    1    2. TO DEVELOP A RELIABLE MEASUREMENT FOR THE INCIDENCE OF PERSONS WITH
    2  DIABETES WITHIN THE STATE;
    3    3. TO DEVELOP AND COORDINATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE STRATE-
    4  GY  TO  REDUCE THE INCIDENCE, PROGRESSION AND IMPACT OF DIABETES AND ITS
    5  COMPLICATIONS WITHIN THE STATE;
    6    4. TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION BETWEEN  GOVERNMENTAL  AGEN-
    7  CIES  AND  ACROSS  PUBLIC  AND  PRIVATE  SECTORS TO ENSURE THAT DIABETES
    8  RELATED PROGRAMS AND POLICIES OF THE  DEPARTMENT  ARE  COORDINATED  BOTH
    9  WITHIN  THE  DEPARTMENT AND WITH PROGRAMS AND POLICIES OF FEDERAL, STATE
   10  AND LOCAL AGENCIES WITH THE GOALS OF  AVOIDING  DUPLICATION  OF  EFFORT,
   11  MAXIMIZING  THE IMPACT OF SUCH PROGRAMS AND POLICIES AND MARSHALLING ALL
   12  GOVERNMENT RESOURCES TOWARD THE COMMON OBJECTIVE OF REDUCING  THE  INCI-
   13  DENCE OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS; AND
   14    5.  TO COORDINATE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO DEVELOP AND DIRECT A
   15  PUBLIC AWARENESS  CAMPAIGN  REGARDING  THE  PREVENTION  AND  CONTROL  OF
   16  DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS.
   17    S  267-B. REPORTS. 1. NOT LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
   18  OF THIS TITLE, THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE DIABETES
   19  COORDINATOR, SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ON A STATE
   20  STRATEGY TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE, PROGRESSION AND IMPACT OF DIABETES AND
   21  ITS COMPLICATIONS WITHIN THE STATE.
   22    2. NOT LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS TITLE, THE
   23  COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  STATE
   24  DIABETES  COORDINATOR,  SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE
   25  ON THE WAYS IN WHICH FOOD PROGRAMS AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT CAN BE BETTER
   26  TARGETED AT CONCERNS SPECIFIC TO PERSONS AT RISK  FOR  DIABETES  AND  TO
   27  PERSONS   ALREADY  DIAGNOSED  WITH  DIABETES  WHOSE  COMPLICATIONS  FROM
   28  DIABETES MAY BE REDUCED WITH DIET.
   29    3. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE DIABETES COORDINA-
   30  TOR, SHALL SUBMIT BIENNIAL REPORTS TO THE GOVERNOR AND  THE  LEGISLATURE
   31  ON  THE  IMPACT AND PROGRESS THAT THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS SET FORTH IN
   32  THIS TITLE HAVE MADE ON THE REDUCTION OF THE INCIDENCE OF  DIABETES  AND
   33  ITS  COMPLICATIONS  WITHIN THE STATE. THE FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT REQUIRED
   34  BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE MADE NOT LATER THAN THREE YEARS  AFTER  THE
   35  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS TITLE.
   36    S  2.  Section  16  of  the  agriculture and markets law is amended by
   37  adding a new subdivision 45 to read as follows:
   38    45. REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
   39  TWO OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   40    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.