Amendments for SB24-054
Senate Journal, April 11
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB24-054 be amended
as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations with
favorable recommendation.
Amend printed bill, page 2, line 14, after "Association" insert "and the
American Academy of Pediatrics".
Page 3, after line 9 insert:
"(d) The 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics obesity guidelines
recommend that comprehensive, evidence-based obesity treatment for youth
should include timely initiation of intensive behavioral or lifestyle therapy,
anti-obesity medications, and bariatric surgery, and that these treatment options
are safe and effective. Eight out of ten adolescents with obesity will continue
to have obesity as adults. Treatment significantly improves an individual's
health and quality of life and has the potential to significantly reduce health-care
costs by preventing the development and progression of obesity-related
complications, including diabetes.".
Page 5, strike line 23 and substitute "MANAGEMENT.".
Page 6, lines 2 and 3, strike "CHANGES, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY," and substitute
"CHANGES, INCLUDING THE USE OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY; PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY;".
Page 6, line 5, strike "VIRTUAL," and substitute "VIRTUALLY THROUGH
TELEHEALTH," and after "OR" insert "IN".
Page 7, lines 18 and 19, strike "CHANGES, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY," and substitute
"CHANGES, INCLUDING THE USE OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY; PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY;".
Page 7, line 21, strike "VIRTUAL," and substitute "VIRTUALLY THROUGH
TELEHEALTH," and after "OR" insert "IN".
Health &
Human
Services
Senate Journal, April 25
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB24-054 be amended
as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable
recommendation.
Amend printed bill, page 6, lines 11 and 12, strike "NO LATER THAN JANUARY
2025, THE" and substitute "THE".
Page 6, line 17, strike "UPON" and substitute "WITHIN EXISTING
APPROPRIATIONS AND UPON".
Page 6, line 18, after "SHALL" insert "IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION AND".
Appro-
priations
Senate Journal, April 29
SB24-054 by Senator(s) Michaelson Jenet; also Representative(s) Brown and Mabrey--Concerning the
"Diabetes Prevention and Obesity Treatment Act".
Amendment No. 1, Health & Human Services Committee Amendment.
(Printed in Senate Journal, April 12, page(s) 816 and placed in members' bill files.)
Amendment No. 2, Appropriations Committee Amendment.
(Printed in Senate Journal, April 25, page(s) 1068 and placed in members' bill files.)
Amendment No. 3(L.012), by Senator Michaelson Jenet.
Amend printed bill, page 5, after line 18 insert:
"(h) A HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER SHALL FOLLOW CLINICAL GUIDELINES
WHEN PRESCRIBING AN FDA-APPROVED ANTI-OBESITY MEDICATION.".
Reletter succeeding paragraph accordingly.
Page 7, after line 7 insert:
"(5) A HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER SHALL FOLLOW CLINICAL GUIDELINES
WHEN PRESCRIBING AN FDA-APPROVED ANTI-OBESITY MEDICATION.".
Renumber succeeding subsection accordingly.
As amended, ordered engrossed and placed on the calendar for third reading and final
passage.