Tennessee § 68-1-502 - Reports.

§ 68-1-502. Reports.

The bureau of TennCare and the department of health shall jointly submit a report to the health committee of the house of representatives and the health and welfare committee of the senate by February 1 of each odd-numbered year on the following: The financial impact and reach diabetes of all types is having on the agency, the state, and localities. Items included in this assessment shall include the number of lives with diabetes impacted or covered by the entity, the number of lives with diabetes and family members impacted by prevention and diabetes control programs implemented by the entity, the financial toll or impact diabetes and its complications places on the program, and the financial toll or impact diabetes and its complications places on the program in comparison to other chronic diseases and conditions; An assessment of the benefits of implemented programs and activities aimed at controlling diabetes and preventing the disease. This assessment shall also document the amount and source for any funding directed to such agency from the general assembly for programs and activities aimed at reaching those with diabetes; A description of the level of coordination existing between the agencies on activities, programmatic activities, and messaging on managing, treating, or preventing all forms of diabetes and its complications; and The development or revision of detailed action plans for battling diabetes with a range of actionable items for consideration by the general assembly. The plans shall identify proposed action steps to reduce the impact of diabetes, prediabetes, and related diabetes complications. The plan shall also identify expected outcomes of the action steps proposed in the following biennium while also establishing benchmarks for controlling and preventing relevant forms of diabetes. The role of the department of health in developing these plans shall be limited to primary prevention. Acts 2015, ch. 404, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Former part 5, §§ 68-1-501 , 68-1-502 (Acts 1935, ch. 2, §§ 2, 3, 5; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 63; mod. C. Supp. 1950, §§ 255.60, 255.61 (Williams, §§ 255.66, 282.2, 282.4, 328.1); impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; Acts 1967, ch. 192, § 1; 1969, ch. 131, §§ 1-5; 1970, ch. 448, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 53-114; Acts 1976, ch. 806, § 1(85); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 53-115; Acts 1988, ch. 1013, § 60), concerning the public health council, was repealed by Acts 2008, ch. 951, § 2, effective July 1, 2008. Effective Dates. Acts 2015, ch. 404, § 2. July 1, 2015.