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    Bill No. CS for SB 420

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11  Senator Clary moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 38, between lines 25 and 26,

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17         Section 17.  PUBLIC CORD BLOOD TISSUE BANK.--

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

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

20  Blood Tissue Bank is established as a nonprofit legal entity

21  to collect, screen for infectious and genetic diseases,

22  perform tissue typing, cryopreserve, and store umbilical cord

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

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

25  the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville shall jointly form the

26  collaborative consortium, each working with community

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

28  health care providers to develop local and regional coalitions

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

30  participants shall align their outreach programs and

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

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 1  entire state.  The consortium is encouraged to conduct

 2  outreach and research for Hispanics, African Americans, Native

 3  Americans, and other ethnic and racial minorities.

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

 5  Department of Health shall encourage health care providers,

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

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

 8  to disseminate information about the Public Cord Blood Tissue

 9  Bank.

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

11  any health care or services program that is directly

12  affiliated with a bona fide religious denomination that

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

14  tenet that blood transfer is contrary to the moral principles

15  the denomination considers to be an essential part of its

16  beliefs.

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

18  receiving financial remuneration for the collection of

19  umbilical cord blood shall provide written disclosure of this

20  information to any woman postpartum or parent of a newborn

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

22  harvesting of the umbilical cord blood.

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

24  facility for obstetrical services may be offered the

25  opportunity to donate umbilical cord blood to the Public Cord

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

27  donation.

28         (6)  The consortium may charge reasonable rates and

29  fees to recipients of cord blood tissue bank products.

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

31  the consortium participants, the Agency for Health Care

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 1  Administration, and the Department of Health shall seek

 2  private or federal funds to initiate program actions for

 3  fiscal year 2000-2001.

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 9  And the title is amended as follows:

10         On page 3, line 1, after the second semicolon,

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13         expiration of the extension; creating the

14         Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank as a statewide

15         consortium; providing purposes, membership, and

16         duties of the consortium; providing duties of

17         the Agency for Health Care Administration and

18         the Department of Health; providing an

19         exception from provisions of the act; requiring

20         specified written disclosure by certain health

21         care facilities and providers; specifying that

22         donation under the act is voluntary;

23         authorizing the consortium to charge fees;

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