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                                  8405

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 9, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

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:

  Section  1.  Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new title 7 to read as follows:
                                TITLE VII
                       STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR
SECTION 267.   STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR.
        267-A. DUTIES.
        267-B. REPORTS.
  S 267. STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED  WITHIN
THE  DEPARTMENT A STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR. THE STATE DIABETES COORDI-
NATOR SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
GOVERNOR,  OR  DESIGNEE  OF THE GOVERNOR. THE STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR
SHALL REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONER IN CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS TITLE.
  S 267-A. DUTIES. THE STATE DIABETES COORDINATOR SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
ING DUTIES:
  1. TO SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL ADVISOR TO THE COMMISSIONER  ON  METHODS,
PROCEDURES  AND  OTHER  ACTIONS  AVAILABLE  TO  REDUCE  THE INCIDENCE OF
DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS, TO  IMPROVE  THE  QUALITY  OF  LIFE  FOR
PERSONS WITH DIABETES AND TO REDUCE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TREAT-
MENT OF DIABETES PAID BY PERSONS WITH DIABETES AND BY THE STATE;
  2. TO DEVELOP A RELIABLE MEASUREMENT FOR THE INCIDENCE OF PERSONS WITH
DIABETES WITHIN THE STATE;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04189-02-5

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  3. TO DEVELOP AND COORDINATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE STRATE-
GY  TO  REDUCE THE INCIDENCE, PROGRESSION AND IMPACT OF DIABETES AND ITS
COMPLICATIONS WITHIN THE STATE;
  4.  TO  PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENTAL AGEN-
CIES AND ACROSS PUBLIC AND  PRIVATE  SECTORS  TO  ENSURE  THAT  DIABETES
RELATED  PROGRAMS  AND  POLICIES  OF THE DEPARTMENT ARE COORDINATED BOTH
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH PROGRAMS AND POLICIES OF  FEDERAL,  STATE
AND  LOCAL  AGENCIES  WITH  THE GOALS OF AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF EFFORT,
MAXIMIZING THE IMPACT OF SUCH PROGRAMS AND POLICIES AND MARSHALLING  ALL
GOVERNMENT  RESOURCES  TOWARD THE COMMON OBJECTIVE OF REDUCING THE INCI-
DENCE OF DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS; AND
  5. TO COORDINATE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO DEVELOP AND DIRECT  A
PUBLIC  AWARENESS  CAMPAIGN  REGARDING  THE  PREVENTION  AND  CONTROL OF
DIABETES AND ITS COMPLICATIONS.
  S 267-B. REPORTS. 1. NOT LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE  DATE
OF THIS TITLE, THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE DIABETES
COORDINATOR, SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ON A STATE
STRATEGY TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE, PROGRESSION AND IMPACT OF DIABETES AND
ITS COMPLICATIONS WITHIN THE STATE.
  2. NOT LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS TITLE, THE
COMMISSIONER  OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE
DIABETES COORDINATOR, SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND  THE  LEGISLATURE
ON THE WAYS IN WHICH FOOD PROGRAMS AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT CAN BE BETTER
TARGETED  AT  CONCERNS  SPECIFIC  TO PERSONS AT RISK FOR DIABETES AND TO
PERSONS  ALREADY  DIAGNOSED  WITH  DIABETES  WHOSE  COMPLICATIONS   FROM
DIABETES MAY BE REDUCED WITH DIET.
  3. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE DIABETES COORDINA-
TOR,  SHALL  SUBMIT BIENNIAL REPORTS TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE
ON THE IMPACT AND PROGRESS THAT THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS SET  FORTH  IN
THIS  TITLE  HAVE MADE ON THE REDUCTION OF THE INCIDENCE OF DIABETES AND
ITS COMPLICATIONS WITHIN THE STATE. THE FIRST BIENNIAL  REPORT  REQUIRED
BY  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL BE MADE NOT LATER THAN THREE YEARS AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS TITLE.
  S 2. Section 16 of the agriculture  and  markets  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 48 to read as follows:
  48. REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
TWO OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.