Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Health Policy (Garcia) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 4.
19 (1) The Department of Health shall prepare an
20 educational publication that includes objective information
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22 (a) The medical processes involved in the collection
23 of umbilical cord blood;
24 (b) The medical risks to the mother and her newborn
25 child of umbilical cord blood collection;
26 (c) The options available to a mother relating to stem
27 cells that are contained in the umbilical cord blood after the
28 delivery of her newborn, including:
29 1. Discarding the stem cells;
30 2. Donating the stem cells to a public umbilical cord
31 blood bank;
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1 3. Storing the stem cells in a family or private
2 umbilical cord blood bank for use by family members; or
3 4. Storing the stem cells for family use through a
4 family or sibling donor banking program that provides free
5 collection, processing, and storage where there is a medical
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7 (d) The current and potential future medical uses,
8 risks, and benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to a
9 mother, her newborn child, and her biological family;
10 (e) The current and potential future medical uses,
11 risks, and benefits of umbilical cord blood collection to
12 persons who are not biologically related to a mother or her
13 newborn child;
14 (f) Any costs that may be incurred by a pregnant woman
15 who chooses to make an umbilical cord blood donation;
16 (g) Options for ownership and future use of the
17 donated material; and
18 (h) The average cost of public and private umbilical
19 cord blood banking.
20 (2) The department shall update the publication as
21 necessary.
22 (3) The department shall distribute the pamphlet free
23 of charge to physicians and health care institutions on
24 request and shall make the pamphlet available on its web site
25 in printable format.
26 (4) The department shall encourage health and maternal
27 care professionals providing health care services to a
28 pregnant woman, when those health care services are directly
29 related to her pregnancy, to provide the pregnant woman with
30 the publication by the end of her second trimester.
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5 And the title is amended as follows:
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9 requiring the Department of Health to prepare
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11 process, options, medical uses, risks, and
12 benefits of umbilical cord blood collection;
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