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GA HR1016
Resolution
Status
Engrossed
2/26/2018
Primary Sponsor
Karen Bennett
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AI Summary
- Encourages the Georgia Department of Public Health and Department of Community Health to collaborate through the State Health Benefit Plan and Medicaid to expand coverage of accredited diabetes self-management education and support programs and national diabetes prevention lifestyle change programs
- Approximately 1,121,495 people in Georgia have diabetes, with an estimated 241,000 unaware of their condition, and roughly 2,599,000 have been diagnosed with prediabetes
- Diabetes and prediabetes cost Georgia an estimated $9.9 billion annually, including $7.5 billion in direct medical expenses and $2.4 billion in indirect costs from lost productivity
- Emergency room visits related to diabetes increased by 65 percent over the prior ten years, with a 17 percent increase in 2016 alone
- Georgia has only 96 diabetes self-management education and support programs and 28 recognized national diabetes prevention lifestyle change programs to serve its diabetes and prediabetes populations
Legislative Description
Diabetes; necessity for education; recognize
Last Action
House Passed/Adopted
2/26/2018
Full Bill Text
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