Impact of state mandatory insurance coverage on the use of diabetes preventive care

Table 1 Year in which mandates on diabetes took effect in the states included in the study

Year Mandated Coverage Took Effect	State
1997	Arkansas, Nevada, Tennessee,
1998	Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina^†, Texas^†, Vermont,
1999	Arizona, Iowa, Pensylvania, Virginia
Not having mandates as of the end of 2000	Alabama, District of Columbia^†, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Wyoming

Alabama, Idaho, North Dakota, and Ohio had not passed mandates as of 2009
^†In these states, the laws became effective later than August of the year, so in the analysis, the effective year was coded as the following year

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