The bill would be the state's first to provide a comprehensive look at the impact of diabetes in Indiana.

The Indiana State Department of Health said Thursday that the disease is the seventh leading cause of death in the state.

The interim study committee covered topics including diabetes, health workforce shortages and prescription drug monitoring.

The price of the insulin more than doubled from 2002 to 2013.

Diabetes education teaches skills like healthy eating and exercise and monitoring medications.

The annual conference brings educators together to learn how to better help people with diabetes.

More than 500,000 Hoosiers are diabetic - and as many as 28,000 are pre-diabetic.

The investment is part of a five-year effort from Eli Lilly to meet higher demand for diabetes medicine.

In a letter, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings criticize three insulin manufacturers -- including Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly -- for skyrocketing insulin prices.

The experimental prevention program would be the first of it's kind to receive Medicare coverage.