Senate Bill sb0086

    Florida Senate - 2007                                    SB 86

    By Senator Lynn





    7-93-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the human papillomavirus;

  3         requiring the Board of Medicine and the Board

  4         of Osteopathic Medicine to adopt rules

  5         establishing practice guidelines for physicians

  6         to provide certain information concerning the

  7         human papillomavirus to the parents of girls;

  8         requiring that health insurance policies and

  9         health maintenance contracts provide coverage

10         for vaccinations for the human papillomavirus;

11         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.  The Board of Medicine shall adopt rules to

16  establish practice guidelines for physicians to provide

17  information to parents or guardians of a female child under

18  the age of 18 regarding vaccination against the human

19  papillomavirus in accordance with guidelines established by

20  the United States Food and Drug Administration.

21         Section 2.  The Board of Osteopathic Medicine shall

22  adopt rules to establish practice guidelines for osteopathic

23  physicians to provide information to parents or guardians of a

24  female child under the age of 18 regarding vaccination against

25  the human papillomavirus in accordance with guidelines

26  established by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

27         Section 3.  Required coverage for vaccination for the

28  human papillomavirus.--A health insurance policy that covers a

29  female child under the age of 18 must provide coverage for the

30  vaccination for human papillomavirus. The coverage required by

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                    SB 86
    7-93-07




 1  this section is subject to the terms and conditions applicable

 2  to other benefits.

 3         Section 4.  Required coverage for vaccination for the

 4  human papillomavirus.--A health maintenance contract that

 5  covers a female child under the age of 18 must provide

 6  coverage for the vaccination for human papillomavirus. The

 7  coverage required by this section is subject to the terms and

 8  conditions applicable to other benefits.

 9         Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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13    Requires the Board of Medicine and the Board of
      Osteopathic Medicine to adopt rules establishing practice
14    guidelines for physicians to provide certain information
      regarding the human papillomavirus to the parents of
15    girls under the age of 18. Requires health insurance
      policies and health maintenance contracts to provide
16    coverage for vaccinations for the human papillomavirus.

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