Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
12 (Peaden) recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 381.0054, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 381.0054 Healthy lifestyles promotion.--
21 (1) The Department of Health shall promote healthy
22 lifestyles to reduce the prevalence of excess weight gain
23 overweight and obesity in Florida by implementing appropriate
24 physical activity and nutrition programs that are directed
25 towards target all Floridians by:
26 (a) Using all appropriate media to promote maximum
27 public awareness of the latest research on healthy lifestyles
28 and chronic diseases and disseminating relevant information
29 through a statewide clearinghouse relating to wellness,
30 physical activity, and nutrition and their impact on chronic
31 diseases and disabling conditions.
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1 (b) Providing technical assistance, training, and
2 resources on healthy lifestyles and chronic diseases to the
3 public, county health departments, health care providers,
4 school districts, and other persons or entities, including
5 faith-based organizations, that request such assistance to
6 promote physical activity, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle
7 programs.
8 (c) Developing, implementing, and using all available
9 research methods to collect data, including, but not limited
10 to, population-specific data, and track the incidence and
11 effects of weight gain, obesity, and related chronic diseases.
12 The department shall include an evaluation and data collection
13 component in all programs as appropriate.
14 (d) Partnering with the Department of Education, local
15 communities, school districts, and other entities to encourage
16 Florida schools to promote activities during and after school
17 to help students meet a minimum goal of 60 minutes of activity
18 per day.
19 (e) Partnering with the Department of Education,
20 school districts, and the Florida Sports Foundation to develop
21 a program that recognizes schools whose students demonstrate
22 excellent physical fitness or fitness improvement.
23 (f) Collaborating with other state agencies to develop
24 policies and strategies for preventing obesity, which shall be
25 incorporated into programs administered by each agency and
26 shall include promoting healthy lifestyles of employees of
27 each agency.
28 (g) Advising, in accordance with s. 456.081, health
29 care practitioners licensed in this state regarding the
30 morbidity, mortality, and costs associated with the condition
31 of being overweight or obese, informing such practitioners of
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1 clinical best practices for preventing obesity, and
2 encouraging practitioners to counsel their patients regarding
3 the adoption of healthy lifestyles.
4 (h)(f) Maximizing all local, state, and federal
5 funding sources, including grants, public-private
6 partnerships, and other mechanisms, to strengthen the
7 department's current physical activity and nutrition programs
8 and to enhance similar county health department programs.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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13 And the title is amended as follows:
14 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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17 A bill to be entitled
18 An act relating to the prevention of obesity;
19 amending s. 381.0054, F.S.; requiring the
20 Department of Health to collaborate with other
21 state agencies in developing policies and
22 strategies to prevent obesity which shall be
23 incorporated into agency programs; requiring
24 the department to advise health care
25 practitioners regarding morbidity, mortality,
26 and costs associated with the condition of
27 being overweight or obese; requiring the
28 department to inform health care practitioners
29 about clinical best practices for obesity
30 prevention and to encourage practitioners to
31 counsel their patients regarding the adoption
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