| 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 infants born |
| 4 | in hospitals in the state; revising applicability; |
| 5 | amending s. 383.07, F.S.; specifying application of |
| 6 | certain penalty provisions; amending ss. 627.6416 and |
| 7 | 641.31, F.S.; providing that coverage for children under |
| 8 | health insurance policies and health maintenance |
| 9 | organization contracts must include certain eye |
| 10 | 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.-- |
| 18 | (1) Every physician, midwife, or other person in |
| 19 | attendance at the birth of a child in the state is required to |
| 20 | instill or have instilled into the eyes of the baby within 1 |
| 21 | hour after birth an effective prophylactic recommended by the |
| 22 | Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of |
| 23 | Pediatrics for the prevention of neonatal ophthalmia. |
| 24 | (2) Every child born in a hospital in the state, before |
| 25 | being discharged from the hospital, shall receive an eye |
| 26 | examination using an ophthalmoscope and dilation of the pupils |
| 27 | for detection of pediatric congenital, ocular, and developmental |
| 28 | abnormalities. |
| 29 | (3) This section does not apply to cases where the parents |
| 30 | file with the physician, midwife, or other person in attendance |
| 31 | at the birth of a child written objections on account of |
| 32 | religious beliefs contrary to the use of drugs. In such case the |
| 33 | physician, midwife, or other person in attendance shall maintain |
| 34 | a record that such measures were or were not employed and attach |
| 35 | thereto any written objection. |
| 36 | Section 2. Section 383.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 37 | read: |
| 38 | 383.07 Penalty for violation.--Any person who fails to |
| 39 | comply with the provisions of s. 382.04(1) or s. 383.06 commits |
| 40 | ss. 383.04-383.06 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second |
| 41 | degree, punishable as provided in 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 pupils |
| 74 | for detection of pediatric congenital, ocular, and developmental |
| 75 | abnormalities. Such services and periodic visits shall be |
| 76 | provided in accordance with prevailing medical standards |
| 77 | consistent with the Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric |
| 78 | 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, 2007. |