HB 0907

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to infant eye care; amending s. 383.04,
3	F.S.; requiring certain eye examinations for all infants
4	born in hospitals in the state; revising certain
5	applicability provisions; reenacting s. 383.07, F.S.,
6	relating to a penalty; amending ss. 627.6416 and 641.31,
7	F.S.; providing that coverage for children under health
8	insurance policies and health maintenance organization
9	contracts include certain eye examinations for infants and
10	children; providing an effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1.  Section 383.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to
15	read:
16	383.04  Prophylactic required for eyes of infants.--Every
17	physician, midwife, or other person in attendance at the birth
18	of a child in the state is required to instill or have instilled
19	into the eyes of the baby within 1 hour after birth an effective
20	prophylactic recommended by the Committee on Infectious Diseases
21	of the American Academy of Pediatrics for the prevention of
22	neonatal ophthalmia. In addition, every baby born in a hospital
23	in the state shall receive, prior to being discharged from the
24	hospital, an eye examination using an ophthalmoscope and
25	dilation of the pupils for detection of pediatric congenital and
26	ocular abnormalities and developmental abnormalities. The
27	provisions relating to the examination using an ophthalmoscope
28	are not subject to the provisions of s. 383.07. This section
29	does not apply to cases where the parents file with the
30	physician, midwife, or other person in attendance at the birth
31	of a child written objections on account of religious beliefs
32	contrary to the use of drugs. In such case the physician,
33	midwife, or other person in attendance shall maintain a record
34	that such measures were or were not employed and attach thereto
35	any written objection.
36	Section 2.  Section 383.07, Florida Statutes, is reenacted
37	to read:
38	383.07  Penalty for violation.--Any person who fails to
39	comply with the provisions of ss. 383.04-383.06 shall be guilty
40	of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in
41	s. 775.083.
42	Section 3.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
43	627.6416, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
44	627.6416  Coverage for child health supervision services.--
45	(2)  As used in this section, the term "child health
46	supervision services" means physician-delivered or physician-
47	supervised services that include, at a minimum, services
48	delivered at the intervals and scope stated in this section.
49	(a)  Child health supervision services must include
50	periodic visits which shall include a history, a physical
51	examination, a developmental assessment and anticipatory
52	guidance, and appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests,
53	and eye examinations at birth, at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and at 6
54	to 9 months of age, using an ophthalmoscope and dilation of the
55	pupils for detection of pediatric congenital and ocular
56	abnormalities and developmental abnormalities. Such services and
57	periodic visits shall be provided in accordance with prevailing
58	medical standards consistent with the Recommendations for
59	Preventive Pediatric Health Care of the American Academy of
60	Pediatrics.
61	Section 4.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (30) of section
62	641.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
63	641.31  Health maintenance contracts.--
64	(30)
65	(b)  As used in this subsection, the term "child health
66	supervision services" means physician-delivered or physician-
67	supervised services that include, at a minimum, services
68	delivered at the intervals and scope stated in this subsection.
69	1.  Child health supervision services must include periodic
70	visits which shall include a history, a physical examination, a
71	developmental assessment and anticipatory guidance, and
72	appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests, and eye
73	examinations at birth, at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and at 6 to 9
74	months of age, using an ophthalmoscope and dilation of the
75	pupils for detection of pediatric congenital and ocular
76	abnormalities and developmental abnormalities. Such services and
77	periodic visits shall be provided in accordance with prevailing
78	medical standards consistent with the Recommendations for
79	Preventive Pediatric Health Care of the American Academy of
80	Pediatrics.
81	2.  Minimum benefits may be limited to one visit payable to
82	one provider for all of the services provided at each visit
83	cited in this subsection.
84	Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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