General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6245
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2242
*02242*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65th Dist. REP. GODFREY, 110th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6245
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2242
*02242*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65th Dist.
REP. GODFREY, 110th Dist.
AN ACT ADOPTING CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DIABETES ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) secure coverage under commercial, state employee and Medicaid health plans for diabetes prevention programs recognized by the National Centers for Disease Control, (2) establish as a standard of care the referral by health care providers or self-referral of patients with prediabetes or at risk for type 2 diabetes to prevention programs recognized by the National Centers for Disease Control, and (3) build state-wide diabetes prevention program capacity with an emphasis on culturally and linguistically appropriate standards and improved access.
Statement of Purpose:
To adopt certain recommendations of the Diabetes Advisory Council.