WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 747

By Senators Maroney, Takubo, Cline, Prezioso, Romano, Plymale, and Stollings

[Introduced February 11, 2020; referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated, §16-1-20, relating to requiring the Bureau for Public Health to develop a Diabetes Action Plan.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 1. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.

§16-1-20. Creation of Diabetes Action Plan.

The Bureau for Public Health shall create a Diabetes Action Plan. The action plan shall include the following: (a) Convening a diabetes task force consisting of a cross-sector of stakeholders to develop the scope of the plan; (b) conducting necessary data and infrastructure/gap analyses; (c) drafting a plan to include long and short term goals, high impact and outcome driven strategies for prevention, disease management and treatment, and evaluation strategies to be published for public comment; (d) produce briefing documents in support of and promoting the use of strategies outlined in the plan for distribution to stakeholders; (e) finalize and share the completed plan; (f) track and trend relevant statistics regarding diabetes; and (h) implement strategies identified in the plan to decrease the prevalence of diabetes in West Virginia.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau for Public Health to create a Diabetes Action Plan.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.