STAND. COM. REP. 932

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 683

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 683, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DIABETES EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish appropriate standards for outpatient diabetes self-management education.

A concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The American Association of Diabetes Educators, Hawaii Association of Diabetes Educators, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, and three concerned health care professionals supported the measure with amendments. The Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaii Association of Health Plans and a concerned health professional opposed the bill. Kaiser Permanente expressed concerns about this measure.

Your Committee finds that the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) measures adherence to diabetes guidelines but does not directly measure the quality of a diabetes education program or provider. Therefore, NCQA is not the appropriate organization for setting a standard for diabetes education.

Your Committee has therefore amended this bill to require that diabetes education be provided by a certified diabetes educator, an American Diabetes Association recognized program or a health care professional trained in diabetes education. Your Committee also provided that only the first two may be used if the prescriber deems the education to be medically necessary.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 683, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 683, S.D. 2,

H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair