House Bill hb1053

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1053

        By Representative Sobel






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to newborn infant screening;

  3         authorizing formation of a study group under

  4         Children's Medical Services of the Department

  5         of Health; providing purpose; providing

  6         membership; requiring recommendations and a

  7         plan for expanding newborn infant screening

  8         requirements; requiring a report to the

  9         Legislature; providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Children's Medical Services of the

14  Department of Health is authorized to convene a study group

15  for the purpose of conducting comparative research regarding

16  the expanded infant screening programs currently operating in

17  other states and the use of tandem mass spectrometry in such

18  programs. The study group shall consist of members of the

19  Genetics and Infant Screening Advisory Council designated by

20  the Secretary of Health and a representative from the Florida

21  chapter of the March of Dimes and shall operate under the

22  auspices of Children's Medical Services. Based on data

23  available from the states operating expanded infant screening

24  programs, the study group shall make recommendations regarding

25  the expansion of the newborn infant screening requirements

26  provided in s. 383.14, Florida Statutes, and shall develop an

27  expanded newborn infant screening plan tailored to the needs

28  of Florida's population. The study group's research shall be

29  completed by August 1, 2002, and its recommendations and plan

30  shall be submitted to the Legislature by September 1, 2002.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1053

    710-132A-02






  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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      Authorizes formation of a study group under Children's
  7    Medical Services of the Department of Health, made up of
      members of the Genetics and Infant Screening Advisory
  8    Council designated by the Secretary of Health and a
      representative from the Florida chapter of the March of
  9    Dimes, to research expanded newborn infant screening
      programs currently operating in other states. Requires
10    the study group to complete its research by August 1,
      2002, and submit a report to the Legislature, with
11    recommendations and a plan for expanding newborn infant
      screening requirements in Florida, by September 1, 2002.
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