HB 833

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 all infants
4	born in hospitals in the state; exempting this requirement
5	from s. 383.07, F.S., relating to a penalty; revising an
6	exception to certain applicability requirements concerning
7	infant eye care; amending ss. 627.6416 and 641.31, F.S.;
8	providing that coverage for children under health
9	insurance policies and health maintenance organization
10	contracts must include certain eye examinations for
11	infants and children; providing an 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.--Every
18	physician, midwife, or other person in attendance at the birth
19	of a child in the state shall is required to instill or have
20	instilled into the eyes of the baby within 1 hour after birth an
21	effective prophylactic recommended by the Committee on
22	Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics for
23	the prevention of neonatal ophthalmia. In addition, each baby
24	born in a hospital in the state must, before being discharged
25	from the hospital, receive an eye examination using an
26	opthalmoscope and dilation of the pupils for detection of
27	pediatric congenital and ocular abnormalities; however, this
28	requirement is not subject to s. 383.07. This section does not
29	apply to cases where the parents file written objections with
30	the physician, midwife, or other person in attendance at the
31	birth of a child written objections on account of religious
32	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.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
37	627.6416, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
38	627.6416  Coverage for child health supervision services.--
39	(2)  As used in this section, the term "child health
40	supervision services" means physician-delivered or physician-
41	supervised services that include, at a minimum, services
42	delivered at the intervals and scope stated in this section.
43	(a)  Child health supervision services must include
44	periodic visits that which shall include a history;, a physical
45	examination;, a developmental assessment and anticipatory
46	guidance;, and appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests;
47	and eye examinations at birth, at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and at 6
48	to 9 months of age, using an opthalmoscope and dilation of the
49	pupils for detection of pediatric congenital and ocular
50	abnormalities and developmental abnormalities. Such services and
51	periodic visits shall be provided in accordance with prevailing
52	medical standards consistent with the Recommendations for
53	Preventive Pediatric Health Care of the American Academy of
54	Pediatrics.
55	Section 3.  Subsection (30) of section 641.31, Florida
56	Statutes, is amended to read:
57	641.31  Health maintenance contracts.--
58	(30)(a)  All health maintenance contracts which provide
59	coverage, benefits, or services for a member of the family of
60	the subscriber must, as to such family member's coverage,
61	benefits, or services, also provide that the benefits applicable
62	for children include coverage for child health supervision
63	services from the moment of birth to age 16 years.
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 that which shall include a history;, a physical
70	examination;, a developmental assessment and anticipatory
71	guidance;, and appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests;
72	and eye examinations at birth, at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and at 6
73	to 9 months of age, using an opthalmoscope and dilation of the
74	pupils for detection of pediatric congenital and ocular
75	abnormalities and developmental abnormalities. Such services and
76	periodic visits shall be provided in accordance with prevailing
77	medical standards consistent with the Recommendations for
78	Preventive Pediatric Health Care of the American Academy of
79	Pediatrics.
80	2.  Minimum benefits may be limited to one visit payable to
81	one provider for all of the services provided at each visit
82	cited in this subsection.
83	Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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