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Senate Bill 510 |
Senate Author: Van de Putte |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Gutierrez |
Senate Bill 510 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), in coordination with participating public health districts that serve a county having a population of more than 1.5 million and in which more than 75 percent of the population lives in a single municipality, to create and maintain an electronic diabetes mellitus registry to track the glycosylated hemoglobin level of each person who has a laboratory test to determine that level performed at a clinical laboratory in the participating district. The bill requires a participating public health district to compile the results of submitted glycosylated hemoglobin tests for purposes of tracking the prevalence, level of control, and diagnosis of and health care costs relating to diabetes mellitus among people tested in the district. The bill includes provisions relating to the confidentiality of information obtained in connection with the registry and requires DSHS to submit a biennial report regarding the registry to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate standing committees of the legislature.