HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                Bill No. CS/HB 817

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Judicial Oversight offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove everything after the enacting clause

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17         Section 1.  Children's Medical Services of the

18  Department of Health is authorized to convene a study group

19  for the purpose of conducting comparative research regarding

20  the infant screening programs currently operating in other

21  states. The study group shall consist of members of the

22  Genetics and Infant Screening Advisory Council designated by

23  the Secretary of Health, a representative designated by the

24  Florida Hospital Association, a representative designated by

25  the Florida Statutory Teaching Hospital Council, Inc., and a

26  representative from the Florida chapter of the March of Dimes.

27  The study group shall operate under the auspices of Children's

28  Medical Services. Based on data available from the states

29  operating infant screening programs, the study group shall

30  make recommendations regarding the newborn infant screening

31  requirements provided in s. 383.14, Florida Statutes, and

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                Bill No. CS/HB 817

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)





  1  shall develop a newborn infant screening plan tailored to the

  2  needs of Florida's population. The study group shall also

  3  consider the cost of current testing, the cost of expansion,

  4  appropriate mechanisms for reimbursing the cost of testing,

  5  and the appropriate location for such testing. The study

  6  group's research shall be completed by August 1, 2002, and its

  7  recommendations and plan shall be submitted to the Governor,

  8  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

  9  Representatives by September 1, 2002.

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

11  law.

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15  And the title is amended as follows:

16         On page 1, lines 7-10,

17  remove:  all of said lines

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20         plan for newborn infant screening requirements;

21         requiring consideration of the costs of

22         expansion and testing; requiring a report;

23         providing an

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