KRS 211.752: Annual reports to Legislative Research Commission.

The Department for Medicaid Services, the Department for Public Health, the Office of

Health Data and Analytics, and the Personnel Cabinet shall submit a report to the

Legislative Research Commission by January 10 of each odd -numbered year on the

following:

(1) The financial impact and reach diabetes of all types is having on the entity, the

Commonwealth, 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;

(2) An assessment of the benefits of implemented programs and activities aimed at

controlling diabetes and preventing the disease. This assessment shall also

document the amou nt and source for any funding directed to the agency or entity

from the Kentucky General Assembly for programs and activities aimed at reaching

those with diabetes;

(3) A description of the level of coordination existing between the entities on activities,

programmatic activities, and messaging on managing, treating, or preventing all

forms of diabetes and its complications;

(4) The development or revision of detailed action plans for battling diabetes with a

range of actionable items for consideration by t he 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 whi le also establishing

benchmarks for controlling and preventing relevant forms of diabetes; and

(5) The development of a detailed budget blueprint identifying needs, costs, and

resources required to implement the plan identified in subsection (4) of this se ction.

This blueprint shall include a budget range for all options presented in the plan

identified in subsection (4) of this section for consideration by the General

Assembly.