Florida Senate - 2023                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for HB 1069
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Berman moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 236 - 251
    4  and insert:
    5         (a) Provide comprehensive, medically accurate, and factual
    6  information that is developmentally and age appropriate. As used
    7  in this paragraph, the term:
    8         1. “Comprehensive information” means information that:
    9         a. Helps young people gain knowledge about the physical,
   10  biological, and hormonal changes of adolescence and subsequent
   11  stages of human maturation;
   12         b. Develops the knowledge and skills necessary to protect
   13  young people with respect to their sexual and reproductive
   14  health and to promote an understanding of sexuality as a normal
   15  part of human development;
   16         c. Helps young people gain knowledge about responsible
   17  decisionmaking and consent;
   18         d. Is culturally competent and appropriate for use with
   19  young people of any race, sex, gender identity, sexual
   20  orientation, or ethnic or cultural background;
   21         e. Develops healthy attitudes and behaviors concerning
   22  growth, development, and body image;
   23         f. Encourages young people to practice healthy life skills,
   24  including negotiation and refusal skills, to assist in
   25  overcoming peer pressure and use effective decisionmaking skills
   26  to avoid high-risk activities;
   27         g. Promotes self-esteem and positive interpersonal skills,
   28  focusing on skills needed to develop healthy relationships and
   29  interactions, and provides young people with the knowledge and
   30  skills necessary to have healthy, positive, and safe
   31  relationships and behaviors; and
   32         h. Includes medically accurate information about all
   33  methods of contraception and each method’s effectiveness rate,
   34  including, but not limited to, abstinence.
   35         2. “Developmentally and age appropriate” means suitable for
   36  particular ages or age groups of children and adolescents based
   37  on the developing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity
   38  typical for that age or age group.
   39         3. “Factual information” includes, but is not limited to,
   40  medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, and statistical
   41  statements.
   42         4. “Medically accurate information” means information
   43  relevant to informed decisionmaking which is based on scientific
   44  evidence, consistent with generally recognized scientific
   45  theory, identified under accepted scientific methods, published
   46  in peer-reviewed journals, and recognized as accurate,
   47  objective, and complete by mainstream professional
   48  organizations, including, but not limited to, the American
   49  Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and
   50  Gynecologists, the American Public Health Association, and the
   51  American Academy of Pediatrics; government agencies, including
   52  the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
   53  the United States Food and Drug Administration, and the National
   54  Institutes of Health; and scientific advisory groups, including
   55  The National Academy of Medicine and the Advisory Committee on
   56  Immunization Practices. The deliberate withholding of
   57  information that is needed to protect the life and health of an
   58  individual is considered medically inaccurate.
   59         (a) Teach abstinence from sexual activity outside of
   60  marriage as the expected standard for all school-age students
   61  while teaching the benefits of monogamous heterosexual marriage.
   62         (b) Emphasize that abstinence from sexual activity is a
   63  certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually
   64  transmitted diseases, including acquired immune deficiency
   65  syndrome, and other associated health problems.
   66         (b)(c) Teach that each student has the power to control
   67  personal behavior and encourage students to base actions on
   68  reasoning, self-esteem, and respect for others.
   69         (c)(d) Provide instruction and material that is
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   71  And the title is amended as follows:
   72         Delete line 28
   73  and insert:
   74         regarding human sexuality; defining terms; requiring
   75         the department to