Senate Bill sb2002

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2002

    By Senator Wasserman Schultz





    32-1357A-02                                             See HB

  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 and a member of

20  the Florida chapter of the March of Dimes designated by the

21  Secretary of Health and a representative from the Florida

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

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

24  available from the states operating expanded infant screening

25  programs, the study group shall make recommendations regarding

26  the expansion of the newborn infant screening requirements

27  provided in section 383.14, Florida Statutes, and shall

28  develop an expanded newborn infant screening plan tailored to

29  the needs of Florida's population. The study group's research

30  shall be completed by August 1, 2002, and its recommendations

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2002
    32-1357A-02                                             See HB




  1  and plan shall be submitted to the Legislature by September 1,

  2  2002.

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

  4  law.

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  7                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes formation of a study group under Children's
  9    Medical Services of the Department of Health, made up of
      members of the Genetics and Infant Screening Advisory
10    Council and a member of the Florida chapter of the March
      of Dimes designated by the Secretary of Health and a
11    representative from the Florida chapter of the March of
      Dimes, to research expanded newborn infant screening
12    programs currently operating in other states. Requires
      the study group to complete its research by August 1,
13    2002, and submit a report to the Legislature, with
      recommendations and a plan for expanding newborn infant
14    screening requirements in Florida, by September 1, 2002.

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