Senate Bill sb1324c2

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    By the Committees on Health and Human Services Appropriations;
    Health Care; and Senators Peaden and Hill




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the prevention of obesity;

  3         amending s. 381.0054, F.S.; requiring the

  4         Department of Health to collaborate with other

  5         state agencies in developing policies and

  6         strategies to prevent obesity which shall be

  7         incorporated into agency programs; requiring

  8         the department to advise health care

  9         practitioners regarding morbidity, mortality,

10         and costs associated with the condition of

11         being overweight or obese; requiring the

12         department to inform health care practitioners

13         about clinical best practices for obesity

14         prevention and to encourage practitioners to

15         counsel their patients regarding the adoption

16         of healthy lifestyles; providing an effective

17         date.

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19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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21         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 381.0054, Florida

22  Statutes, is amended to read:

23         381.0054  Healthy lifestyles promotion.--

24         (1)  The Department of Health shall promote healthy

25  lifestyles to reduce the prevalence of excess weight gain

26  overweight and obesity in Florida by implementing appropriate

27  physical activity and nutrition programs that are directed

28  towards target all Floridians by:

29         (a)  Using all appropriate media to promote maximum

30  public awareness of the latest research on healthy lifestyles

31  and chronic diseases and disseminating relevant information

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 1  through a statewide clearinghouse relating to wellness,

 2  physical activity, and nutrition and their impact on chronic

 3  diseases and disabling conditions.

 4         (b)  Providing technical assistance, training, and

 5  resources on healthy lifestyles and chronic diseases to the

 6  public, county health departments, health care providers,

 7  school districts, and other persons or entities, including

 8  faith-based organizations, that request such assistance to

 9  promote physical activity, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle

10  programs.

11         (c)  Developing, implementing, and using all available

12  research methods to collect data, including, but not limited

13  to, population-specific data, and track the incidence and

14  effects of weight gain, obesity, and related chronic diseases.

15  The department shall include an evaluation and data collection

16  component in all programs as appropriate.

17         (d)  Partnering with the Department of Education, local

18  communities, school districts, and other entities to encourage

19  Florida schools to promote activities during and after school

20  to help students meet a minimum goal of 60 minutes of activity

21  per day.

22         (e)  Partnering with the Department of Education,

23  school districts, and the Florida Sports Foundation to develop

24  a program that recognizes schools whose students demonstrate

25  excellent physical fitness or fitness improvement.

26         (f)  Collaborating with other state agencies to develop

27  policies and strategies for preventing obesity, which shall be

28  incorporated into programs administered by each agency and

29  shall include promoting healthy lifestyles of employees of

30  each agency.

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 1         (g)  Advising, in accordance with s. 456.081, health

 2  care practitioners licensed in this state regarding the

 3  morbidity, mortality, and costs associated with the condition

 4  of being overweight or obese, informing such practitioners of

 5  clinical best practices for preventing obesity, and

 6  encouraging practitioners to counsel their patients regarding

 7  the adoption of healthy lifestyles.

 8         (h)(f)  Maximizing all local, state, and federal

 9  funding sources, including grants, public-private

10  partnerships, and other mechanisms, to strengthen the

11  department's current physical activity and nutrition programs

12  and to enhance similar county health department programs.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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15          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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18  Removes the provision requiring the Department of Health to
    partnership with the Department of Education in awarding
19  grants to local school districts to implement a pilot program
    promoting healthy eating habits, increase physical activity,
20  and improved fitness.

21  Removes the provision requiring the Office of Program Policy
    Analysis and Government Accountability to complete reports
22  determining the grant program's effectiveness.

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