Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1766
                        Barcode 885396
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Pruitt) recommended the
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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16            page 2, line 13, delete those lines
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19         (2)  A public school may not deny any student access to
20  programs or services because the parent of the student has
21  refused to place the student on psychotropic medication.
22         (3)  A public school teacher and school district
23  personnel may share school-based observations of a student's
24  academic, functional, and behavioral performance with the
25  student's parent and offer program options and other
26  assistance that is available to the parent and the student
27  based on the observations. However, a public school teacher
28  and school district personnel may not compel or attempt to
29  compel any specific actions by the parent or require that a
30  student take medication. A parent may refuse psychological
31  screening of the student.
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1766
                        Barcode 885396
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 2  Any medical decision made to address a student's needs is a
 3  matter between the student, the student's parent, and a
 4  competent health care professional chosen by the parent.
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 8  And the title is amended as follows:
 9         On page 1, line 6-13, delete those lines
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12         public school from denying a student access to
13         programs or services under certain conditions;
14         authorizing public school teachers and school
15         district personnel to share certain information
16         with a student's parent; prohibiting public
17         school teachers and school district personnel
18         from compelling certain actions by a parent;
19         authorizing the refusal of psychological
20         screening; providing for medical decisionmaking
21         authority; providing an effective
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