BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 572 (Beth Gaines) - Diabetes prevention: treatment
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|Version: July 2, 2015 |Policy Vote: HEALTH 9 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: August 17, 2015 |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: AB 572 would require the Department of Public Health
to update the California Wellness Plan 2014 to include specific
information relating to diabetes and to report every other year
on progress in meeting the plan's goals.
Fiscal
Impact:
One-time costs of $150,000 for the Department of Public Health
to contract with a university for technical analyses of
strategies to prevent diabetes and performance measures to
measure outcomes from those strategies (General Fund).
Ongoing staff costs of $126,000 per year to develop the update
to the Wellness Plan, prepare biennial reports to the
Legislature, and provide administrative support (General
Fund).
Ongoing costs of $100,000 per year to contract with a
university to provide the logistical support for stakeholder
outreach and consultation on strategies to include in the
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update to the Wellness Plan and developing policy
recommendations (General Fund).
Background: The California Diabetes Program within the Department of
Public Health is charged with monitoring diabetes prevalence,
engaging in public outreach, and partnering with outside
stakeholders to address diabetes.
The Department has recently released the California Wellness
Plan 2014 which addresses a variety of health concerns,
including diabetes and other chronic conditions.
In addition, the Department has completed a Diabetes Burden
Report which analyzes programs and activities that address the
burden of Diabetes. (Completion is a requirement of the
Department's federal grant funding.)
Proposed Law:
AB 572 would require the Department of Public Health to update
the California Wellness Plan 2014 to include specific
information relating to diabetes and to report every other year
on progress in meeting the plan's goals.
Specific provisions on the bill would:
Require the Department to update the California Wellness
Plan 2014 with specified information, including priorities
and performance measures to prevent diabetes, an analysis
of the financial impact of diabetes, detailed budget
information required to implement strategies in the update,
and policy recommendations;
Require the Department to report to the Legislature by
January 1, 2018 and every other year until 2024 on the
progress of implementation of the information relating to
diabetes added to the California Wellness Plan 2014.
Related
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Legislation:
AB 270 (Nazarian, 2015) would require the Department of
Public Health to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles
to create a specialized license plate program to support
diabetes-related programs. That bill is pending in this
committee.
SB 1316 (Cannella, 2014) would have required the
Department of Public Health, the Department of Health Care
Services, and CalPERS to report on their diabetes-related
programs. That bill was held in the Senate Rules Committee.
AB 1592 (Beth Gaines, 2014) would have required the
Department of Public Health to revise the Diabetes Burden
Report to include additional, specified information. That
bill was vetoed by Governor Brown.
Staff
Comments: The California Diabetes Program is generally funded
with federal grant funds. However, staff is not aware of any
additional federal funds that could be used for the requirements
of this bill. Therefore, the Department would need to use
General Fund to undertake the requirements of this bill.
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