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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                      Bill No. CS/HB 945, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Eggelletion offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, between lines 3 and 4; of the bill

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17         Section 3.  Section 381.101, Florida Statutes, is

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19         381.101  Community Environmental Health Program;

20  creation; purposes.--

21         (1)  There is created the Community Environmental

22  Health Program.  The primary purpose of the program is to

23  ensure the availability of public health services to members

24  of low-income communities that may be adversely affected by

25  contaminated sites located in or near the community.  These

26  services extend beyond health services that are currently

27  provided pursuant to chapter 154 and include measures to

28  address the health effects that are associated with exposure

29  to environmental contamination.

30         (2)  The Department of Health shall establish a

31  Community Environmental Health Advisory Board.  The majority

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 1  of board members shall be low-income residents.  The board

 2  must also include representatives from the respective county

 3  health departments, health care professionals and providers,

 4  and elected officials.  The board shall identify the community

 5  environmental health needs and types of services which should

 6  be provided.

 7         (3)  As used in this section:

 8         (a)  "Low-income community" means a contiguous grouping

 9  of residences with a significant portion of occupants who have

10  a family income equal to or below 100 percent of the most

11  recent federal poverty level and who are exposed to multiple

12  sources of environmental contamination.

13         (b)  "Contaminated site" means any contiguous land,

14  surface water, or groundwater areas that contain contaminants

15  that may be harmful to human health or the environment and

16  includes federal Superfund sites and state or federally

17  designated Brownfield areas.

18         Section 4.  The sum of $100,000 is appropriated from

19  the General Revenue Fund during the 1998-1999 fiscal year for

20  the Community Environmental Health Program.

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 1, line 5 after the semicolon ";"

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28         creating s. 381.101, F.S.; creating the

29         Community Environmental Health Program;

30         providing purposes of the program; providing

31         for a Community Environmental Health Advisory

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