Amendment

Bill No. 0645

Amendment No. 361535

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative Richardson offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with title amendment)
4	Between lines 25 and 26 insert:
5	Section 1.  Subsection (9) is added to section 20.43,
6	Florida Statutes, to read:
7	20.43  Department of Health.--There is created a Department
8	of Health.
9	(9)  There is hereby established within the Department of
10	Health the Office of Minority Health.
11	Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
12	381.7355, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13	381.7355  Project requirements; review criteria.--
14	(2)  A proposal must include each of the following
15	elements:
16	(a)  The purpose and objectives of the proposal, including
17	identification of the particular racial or ethnic disparity the
18	project will address. The proposal must address one or more of
19	the following priority areas:
20	1.  Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in maternal
21	and infant mortality rates.
22	2.  Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
23	and mortality rates relating to cancer.
24	3.  Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
25	and mortality rates relating to HIV/AIDS.
26	4.  Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
27	and mortality rates relating to cardiovascular disease.
28	5.  Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
29	and mortality rates relating to diabetes.
30	6.  Increasing adult and child immunization rates in
31	certain racial and ethnic populations.
32	7.  Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in oral health
33	care.
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36	Remove line 6 and insert:
37	An act relating to minority health care; amending s. 20.43,
38	F.S.; creating the Office of Minority Health; amending s.
39	381.7355, F.S.; providing an additional priority area; creating
40	s.

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