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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. HB 2037, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Albright offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, line 19, through page 4, line 18,

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 1.  PUBLIC CORD BLOOD TISSUE BANK.--

19         (1)  There is established a statewide consortium to be

20  known as the Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank. The Public Cord

21  Blood Tissue Bank is established as a nonprofit legal entity

22  to collect, screen for infectious and genetic diseases,

23  perform tissue typing, cryopreserve, and store umbilical cord

24  blood as a resource to the public.  The University of Florida,

25  the University of South Florida, the University of Miami, and

26  the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville shall jointly form the

27  collaborative consortium, each working with community

28  resources such as regional blood banks, hospitals, and other

29  health care providers to develop local and regional coalitions

30  for the purposes set forth in this act.  The consortium

31  participants shall align their outreach programs and

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 1  activities to all geographic areas of the state, covering the

 2  entire state.  The consortium is encouraged to conduct

 3  outreach and research for Hispanics, African Americans, Native

 4  Americans, and other ethnic and racial minorities.

 5         (2)  The Agency for Health Care Administration and the

 6  Department of Health shall encourage health care providers,

 7  including, but not limited to, hospitals, birthing facilities,

 8  county health departments, physicians, midwives, and nurses,

 9  to disseminate information about the Public Cord Blood Tissue

10  Bank.

11         (3)  Nothing in this section creates a requirement of

12  any health care or services program that is directly

13  affiliated with a bona fide religious denomination that

14  includes as an integral part of its beliefs and practices the

15  tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the moral principles

16  the denomination considers to be an essential part of its

17  beliefs.

18         (4)  Any health care facility or health care provider

19  receiving financial remuneration for the collection of

20  umbilical cord blood shall provide written disclosure of this

21  information to any woman postpartum or parent of a newborn

22  from whom the umbilical cord blood is collected prior to the

23  harvesting of the umbilical cord blood.

24         (5)  A woman admitted to a hospital or birthing

25  facility for obstetrical services may be offered the

26  opportunity to donate umbilical cord blood to the Public Cord

27  Blood Tissue Bank.  A woman may not be required to make such a

28  donation.

29         (6)  The consortium may charge reasonable rates and

30  fees to recipients of cord blood tissue bank products.

31         (7)  In order to fund the provisions of this section

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 1  the consortium participants, the Agency for Health Care

 2  Administration, and the Department of Health shall seek

 3  private or federal funds to initiate program actions for

 4  fiscal year 2000-2001.

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 8  And the title is amended as follows:

 9         On page 1, lines 3 through 13,

10  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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13         Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank as a statewide

14         consortium; providing purposes, membership, and

15         duties of the consortium; providing duties of

16         the Agency for Health Care Administration and

17         the Department of Health; providing an

18         exception from provisions of the act; requiring

19         specified written disclosure by certain health

20         care facilities and providers; specifying that

21         donation under the act is voluntary;

22         authorizing the consortium to charge fees;

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