HB 759 -- Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement Act of 2009

Sponsor:  Grill

This bill establishes the Diabetes Prevention and Health
Improvement Act of 2009 and the Missouri Center for Diabetes
Prevention and Health Improvement within the Department of Health
and Senior Services to develop, implement, and promote a
statewide effort to combat type 2 diabetes.  In its main
provisions, the bill:

(1)  Requires the center to provide grants to high schools for
programs promoting the understanding and prevention of diabetes.
Grant recipients must provide the center with quarterly reports
of the results of their program;

(2)  Authorizes the center to provide grants to primary and
specialty health care service providers relating to the treatment
of prediabetes and diabetes;

(3)  Establishes a seven-member board of trustees to direct the
center.  Five members will be appointed by the Governor from
specified professions, one will be appointed by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, and one will be appointed by the
President Pro Tem of the Senate.  The board is required to submit
an annual report by June 30 to the Governor, President Pro Tem of
the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(4)  Creates the Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement Fund
which will consist of appropriated funds and moneys received as
gifts, contributions, bequests, donations, and grants;

(5)  Authorizes the center to establish a nonprofit organization
to receive gifts, contributions, bequests, donations, and grants
for the center's purposes; and

(6)  Establishes, by July 1, 2010, a special joint committee of
the General Assembly to study issues relating to diabetes
prevention and health improvement and to determine appropriate
legislative actions.  The committee is required to report its
findings and recommendations by January 15, 2011, when the
committee will cease to exist.

The provisions of the bill will expire six years from the
effective date.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:25 am