| 1 | The PreK-12 Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to administration of medication to public |
| 7 | school students; creating s. 1006.0625, F.S.; defining the |
| 8 | term "psychotropic medication"; prohibiting recipients of |
| 9 | state funds used for educational purposes from requiring a |
| 10 | student to be prescribed or administered psychotropic |
| 11 | medication as a condition of receipt of educational |
| 12 | services; providing requirements for administration; |
| 13 | providing a restriction relating to the diagnosis or |
| 14 | treatment of mental disorders; authorizing teachers or |
| 15 | school district personnel to share observations with |
| 16 | parents regarding student performance and behavior; |
| 17 | providing an effective date. |
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| 19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 21 | Section 1. Section 1006.0625, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 22 | to read: |
| 23 | 1006.0625 Administration of psychotropic medication; |
| 24 | prohibition; conditions.-- |
| 25 | (1) As used in this section, the term "psychotropic |
| 26 | medication" means a prescription medication that is used for the |
| 27 | treatment of mental disorders and includes, without limitation, |
| 28 | hypnotics, antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiety agents, |
| 29 | sedatives, psychomotor stimulants, and mood stabilizers. |
| 30 | (2) A recipient of state funds shall not require a student |
| 31 | to be prescribed or administered any psychotropic medication as |
| 32 | a condition of such student receiving educational or school- |
| 33 | based services, including, but not limited to, school |
| 34 | enrollment, class attendance, extracurricular activity |
| 35 | participation, or school-related event attendance, that are |
| 36 | financed in whole or part by state funds. A psychotropic |
| 37 | medication shall be administered pursuant to s. 1006.062. |
| 38 | (3) A school or school district personnel shall not |
| 39 | initiate, or make a referral for, diagnosis or treatment of a |
| 40 | student for any disorder listed in the Diagnostic and |
| 41 | Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or in ICD-10. However, |
| 42 | nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a |
| 43 | teacher or school district personnel from sharing classroom- |
| 44 | based observations with parents regarding a student's academic |
| 45 | and functional performance and behavior in the classroom or |
| 46 | school. |
| 47 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |