Public Act 095-0419
 		





SB0654 Enrolled
LRB095 09055 KBJ 29246 b






    AN ACT concerning health.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
Diabetes Initiative Act.
 
    Section 5. Diabetes initiative. 
    (a) The Department of Human Services shall develop a 
strategic plan to slow the rate of diabetes as a result of 
obesity and other environmental factors by the year 2010.  The 
Department shall collaborate with the Illinois State Diabetes 
Commission and may convene work groups as necessary that may 
include:
        (1) health care professionals and researchers 
    specializing in diabetes treatment or research;
        (2) diabetes educators;
        (3) representatives of medical schools or schools of 
    public health;
        (4) high school or college health educators;
        (5) representatives from geographic areas or other 
    population groups at higher risk of diabetes;
        (6) representatives of community-based organizations 
    involved in providing education, awareness, or support 
    about diabetes; or 
        (7) other representatives the Department determines 
    are necessary.
    (b) In developing the plan, the Department shall:
        (1) identify barriers to effective screening 
    compliance and treatment for diabetes, including specific 
    barriers affecting providers and patients;
        (2) identify methods to increase the number of 
    beneficiaries who will screen regularly for diabetes;
        (3) review current medical therapies and best clinical 
    practices for diabetes, including the American Diabetes 
    Association clinical measures and recommendations, 
    including the importance of Body Mass Index as a key factor 
    to managing diabetes;
        (4) review drugs and biologicals available to control 
    diabetes, including those that are provided upon failure of 
    oral medications and as ancillary to the provision of 
    insulin; 
        (5) review current screening, treatment, and related 
    activities in this State and identify gaps in service 
    delivery, use of technology, or use of  current clinical 
    measures and guidelines, such as those promulgated by the 
    American Diabetes Association; 
        (6) identify actions to be taken to reduce the 
    morbidity and mortality from diabetes by the year 2010 and 
    a time line for taking those actions; and 
        (7) make recommendations to the General Assembly on 
    policy changes and funding needed to achieve the strategic 
    plan. 
    (c) The Department shall deliver the plan to the Governor 
and to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2008.
 
    Section 10. Expiration. This Act is repealed on January 1, 
2010. 
 
    Section 15. The Illinois State Diabetes Commission Act is 
amended  by changing Sections 5 and 10 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 4055/5)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)

    Sec. 5. Illinois State Diabetes Commission. There is hereby 
established within the Department of Human Services the 
Illinois State Diabetes Commission. The Commission shall 
consist of members that are residents of this State and shall 
include an Executive Committee appointed by the Secretary of 
Human Services as provided by rule. The members of the 
Commission shall be appointed by the Secretary of Human 
Services as follows:
        (1) The Secretary of Human Services or the Secretary's 
    designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the Commission.
        (2) Physicians who are board certified in 
    endocrinology, with at least one physician with expertise 
    and experience in the treatment of
childhood diabetes and 
    at least one physician with expertise and experience in the

    treatment of adult onset diabetes.
        (3) Health care professionals with expertise and 
    experience in the prevention,
treatment, and control of 
    diabetes.
        (4) Representatives of organizations or groups that 
    advocate on behalf of persons suffering from diabetes.
        (5) Representatives of voluntary health organizations 
    or advocacy groups with
an interest in the prevention, 
    treatment, and control of diabetes.
        (6) Members of the public who have been diagnosed with 
    diabetes.
    The Secretary of Human Services may appoint additional 
members deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary. 

(Source: P.A. 94-788, eff. 11-1-06.)
 
    (20 ILCS 4055/10)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)

    Sec. 10. Members; meetings. Members of the Commission shall 
be appointed within one year after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
by December 1, 
2006. A member shall continue to serve
until his or her 
successor is duly appointed and qualified.
    Meetings shall be held 3 times per year or at the call of 
the Commission chairperson.


(Source: P.A. 94-788, eff. 11-1-06.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.