09 LC 33
3174S
The
House Committee on Health and Human Services offers the following substitute to
SB 163:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the Department of Human Resources, so as to authorize the commissioner of
human resources to appoint a diabetes coordinator; to provide for the Division
of Public Health of the department to serve as the central repository of
diabetes treatment and prevention data; to provide for related matters; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
2 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
Department of Human Resources, is amended by adding a new Code section to read
as follows:
"31-2-10.
The
commissioner is authorized to appoint a diabetes coordinator within the Division
of Public Health of the department to coordinate with other state departments
and agencies to ensure that all programs that impact the prevention and
treatment of diabetes are coordinated, that duplication of efforts are
minimized, and that the impact of such programs is maximized in an attempt to
reduce the health consequences and complications of diabetes in Georgia. The
Division of Public Health of the department shall serve as the central
repository for this state's departments and agencies for data related to the
prevention and treatment of
diabetes."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.