HB 1055

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; exempting this requirement
5	from s. 383.07, F.S.; reenacting s. 383.07, F.S., relating
6	to a penalty; revising applicability; amending ss.
7	627.6416 and 641.31, F.S.; providing that coverage for
8	children under health insurance policies and health
9	maintenance organization contracts must include certain
10	eye examinations for infants and children; providing an
11	effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1.  Section 383.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to
16	read:
17	383.04  Prophylactic required for eyes of infants.--Every
18	physician, midwife, or other person in attendance at the birth
19	of a child in the state is required to instill or have instilled
20	into the eyes of the baby within 1 hour after birth an effective
21	prophylactic recommended by the Committee on Infectious Diseases
22	of the American Academy of Pediatrics for the prevention of
23	neonatal ophthalmia. In addition, every baby born in a hospital
24	in the state shall, before being discharged from the hospital,
25	receive an eye examination using an ophthalmoscope and dilation
26	of the pupils for detection of pediatric congenital, ocular, and
27	developmental abnormalities; however, this requirement is not
28	subject to s. 383.07. This section does not apply to cases where
29	the parents file with the physician, midwife, or other person in
30	attendance at the birth of a child written objections on account
31	of religious beliefs contrary to the use of drugs. In such case
32	the physician, midwife, or other person in attendance shall
33	maintain a record that such measures were or were not employed
34	and attach thereto any written objection.
35	Section 2.  For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
36	to section 383.04, Florida Statutes, in a reference thereto,
37	section 383.07, Florida Statutes, is reenacted 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, ocular, and
56	developmental abnormalities. Such services and periodic visits
57	shall be provided in accordance with prevailing medical
58	standards consistent with the Recommendations for Preventive
59	Pediatric Health Care of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
60	Section 4.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (30) of section
61	641.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
62	641.31  Health maintenance contracts.--
63	(30)
64	(b)  As used in this subsection, the term "child health
65	supervision services" means physician-delivered or physician-
66	supervised services that include, at a minimum, services
67	delivered at the intervals and scope stated in this subsection.
68	1.  Child health supervision services must include periodic
69	visits which shall include a history, a physical examination, a
70	developmental assessment and anticipatory guidance, and
71	appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests, and eye
72	examinations at birth, at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and at 6 to 9
73	months of age, using an ophthalmoscope and dilation of the
74	pupils for detection of pediatric congenital, ocular, and
75	developmental abnormalities. Such services and periodic visits
76	shall be provided in accordance with prevailing medical
77	standards consistent with the Recommendations for Preventive
78	Pediatric Health Care of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
79	2.  Minimum benefits may be limited to one visit payable to
80	one provider for all of the services provided at each visit
81	cited in this subsection.
82	Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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