Senate Bill sb2330
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Florida Senate - 2004 SB 2330
By Senator Wilson
33-1366A-04
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to infant eye care; amending s.
3 383.04, F.S.; requiring certain eye
4 examinations for all infants born in hospitals
5 in the state; exempting this requirement from
6 s. 383.07, F.S., relating to a penalty;
7 amending an exception to the requirements for
8 infant eye care; amending ss. 627.6416 and
9 641.31, F.S.; providing that coverage for
10 children under health insurance policies and
11 health maintenance organization contracts must
12 include certain eye examinations for infants
13 and children; providing an effective date.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Section 383.04, Florida Statutes, is
18 amended to read:
19 383.04 Prophylactic required for eyes of
20 infants.--Every physician, midwife, or other person in
21 attendance at the birth of a child in the state is required to
22 instill or have instilled into the eyes of the baby within 1
23 hour after birth an effective prophylactic recommended by the
24 Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of
25 Pediatrics for the prevention of neonatal ophthalmia. In
26 addition, every baby born in a hospital in the state shall,
27 before being discharged from the hospital, receive an eye
28 examination using an opthalmoscope and dilation of the pupils
29 for detection of pediatric congenital and ocular
30 abnormalities; however, this requirement is not subject to s.
31 383.07. This section does not apply to cases where the parents
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1 file with the physician, midwife, or other person in
2 attendance at the birth of a child written objections on
3 account of religious beliefs contrary to the use of drugs. In
4 such case the physician, midwife, or other person in
5 attendance shall maintain a record that such measures were or
6 were not employed and attach thereto any written objection.
7 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
8 627.6416, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
9 627.6416 Coverage for child health supervision
10 services.--
11 (2) As used in this section, the term "child health
12 supervision services" means physician-delivered or
13 physician-supervised services that include, at a minimum,
14 services delivered at the intervals and scope stated in this
15 section.
16 (a) Child health supervision services must include
17 periodic visits which shall include a history, a physical
18 examination, a developmental assessment and anticipatory
19 guidance, and appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests,
20 and eye examinations at birth, at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and at
21 6 to 9 months of age, using an opthalmoscope and dilation of
22 the pupils for detection of pediatric congenital and ocular
23 abnormalities and developmental abnormalities. Such services
24 and periodic visits shall be provided in accordance with
25 prevailing medical standards consistent with the
26 Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care of the
27 American Academy of Pediatrics.
28 Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (30) of section
29 641.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
30 641.31 Health maintenance contracts.--
31 (30)
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1 (b) As used in this subsection, the term "child health
2 supervision services" means physician-delivered or
3 physician-supervised services that include, at a minimum,
4 services delivered at the intervals and scope stated in this
5 subsection.
6 1. Child health supervision services must include
7 periodic visits that which shall include a history, a physical
8 examination, a developmental assessment and anticipatory
9 guidance, and appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests,
10 and eye examinations at birth, at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and at
11 6 to 9 months of age, using an opthalmoscope and dilation of
12 the pupils for detection of pediatric congenital and ocular
13 abnormalities and developmental abnormalities. Such services
14 and periodic visits shall be provided in accordance with
15 prevailing medical standards consistent with the
16 Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care of the
17 American Academy of Pediatrics.
18 2. Minimum benefits may be limited to one visit
19 payable to one provider for all of the services provided at
20 each visit cited in this subsection.
21 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.
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24 SENATE SUMMARY
25 Requires certain eye examinations for all infants born in
hospitals in the state. Exempts this requirement from
26 certain penalty provisions. Amends an exception to the
requirements for infant eye care. Requires that coverage
27 for children under health insurance policies and health
maintenance organization contracts include certain eye
28 examinations for infants and children.
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