| 1 | Representative Zapata offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Senate Amendment (780200) (with title |
| 4 | amendment) |
| 5 | Remove lines 495-1551 and insert: |
| 6 | fiscal years only, the department shall award a contract or |
| 7 | grant in the amount of $10 million to the AHEC network for the |
| 8 | purpose of developing the components described in paragraph |
| 9 | (3)(i). The AHEC network may apply for a competitive contract or |
| 10 | grant after the 2008-2009 fiscal year. |
| 11 | (a) In order to ensure that all proposals for funding are |
| 12 | appropriate and are evaluated fairly on the basis of merit, the |
| 13 | State Surgeon General, in consultation with the council, shall |
| 14 | appoint a peer review panel of independent, qualified experts in |
| 15 | the field of tobacco control to review the content of each |
| 16 | proposal and establish its priority score. The priority scores |
| 17 | shall be forwarded to the council and must be considered in |
| 18 | determining which proposals will be recommended for funding. |
| 19 | (b) The council and the peer review panel shall establish |
| 20 | and follow rigorous guidelines for ethical conduct and adhere to |
| 21 | a strict policy with regard to conflicts of interest. Council |
| 22 | members are subject to the applicable provisions of chapter 112. |
| 23 | A member of the council or panel may not participate in any |
| 24 | discussion or decision with respect to a research proposal by |
| 25 | any firm, entity, or agency with which the member is associated |
| 26 | as a member of the governing body or as an employee or with |
| 27 | which the member has entered into a contractual arrangement. |
| 28 | Meetings of the council and the peer review panels are subject |
| 29 | to chapter 119, s. 286.011, and s. 24, Art. I of the State |
| 30 | Constitution. |
| 31 | (c) In each contract or grant agreement, the department |
| 32 | shall limit the use of food and promotional items to no more |
| 33 | than 2.5 percent of the total amount of the contract or grant |
| 34 | and limit overhead or indirect costs to no more than 7.5 percent |
| 35 | of the total amount of the contract or grant. The department, in |
| 36 | consultation with the Department of Financial Services, shall |
| 37 | publish guidelines for appropriate food and promotional items. |
| 38 | (d) In each advertising contract, the department shall |
| 39 | limit the total of production fees, buyer commissions, and |
| 40 | related costs to no more than 10 percent of the total contract |
| 41 | amount. |
| 42 | (e) Notwithstanding the competitive process for contracts |
| 43 | prescribed in this subsection, each county health department is |
| 44 | eligible for core funding, on a per capita basis, to implement |
| 45 | tobacco education and use prevention activities within that |
| 46 | county. |
| 47 | (7) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.--By February 28 January 31 of |
| 48 | each year, the department shall provide to the Governor, the |
| 49 | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
| 50 | Representatives a report that evaluates the program's |
| 51 | effectiveness in reducing and preventing tobacco use and that |
| 52 | recommends improvements to enhance the program's effectiveness. |
| 53 | The report must contain, at a minimum, an annual survey of youth |
| 54 | attitudes and behavior toward tobacco, as well as a description |
| 55 | of the progress in reducing the prevalence of tobacco use among |
| 56 | youth, adults, and pregnant women; reducing per capita tobacco |
| 57 | consumption; and reducing exposure to environmental tobacco |
| 58 | smoke. |
| 59 | (8) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.--From the total |
| 60 | funds appropriated for the Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco |
| 61 | Education and Use Prevention Program in the General |
| 62 | Appropriations Act, an amount of up to 5 percent may be used by |
| 63 | the department for administrative expenses. |
| 64 | (9) RULEMAKING AUTHORIZED.--By January 1, 2008, the |
| 65 | department shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and |
| 66 | 120.54 to administer this section. |
| 67 | Section 8. Section 381.91, Florida Statutes, is |
| 68 | transferred and renumbered as section 385.2024, Florida |
| 69 | Statutes, to read: |
| 70 | 385.2024 381.91 Jessie Trice Cancer Prevention Program.-- |
| 71 | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to: |
| 72 | (a) Reduce the rates of illness and death from lung cancer |
| 73 | and other cancers and improve the quality of life among low- |
| 74 | income African-American and Hispanic populations through |
| 75 | increased access to early, effective screening and diagnosis, |
| 76 | education, and treatment programs. |
| 77 | (b) Create a community faith-based disease-prevention |
| 78 | program in conjunction with the Health Choice Network and other |
| 79 | community health centers to build upon the natural referral and |
| 80 | education networks in place within minority communities and to |
| 81 | increase access to health service delivery in Florida. |
| 82 | (c) Establish a funding source to build upon local private |
| 83 | participation to sustain the operation of the program. |
| 84 | (2)(a) There is created the Jessie Trice Cancer Prevention |
| 85 | Program, to be located, for administrative purposes, within the |
| 86 | Department of Health, and operated from the community health |
| 87 | centers within the Health Choice Network in Florida. |
| 88 | (b) Funding may be provided to develop contracts with |
| 89 | community health centers and local community faith-based |
| 90 | education programs to provide cancer screening, diagnosis, |
| 91 | education, and treatment services to low-income populations |
| 92 | throughout the state. |
| 93 | Section 9. Section 381.911, Florida Statutes, is |
| 94 | transferred, renumbered as section 385.2023, Florida Statutes, |
| 95 | and amended to read: |
| 96 | 385.2023 381.911 Prostate Cancer Awareness Program.-- |
| 97 | (1) To the extent that funds are specifically made |
| 98 | available for this purpose, the Prostate Cancer Awareness |
| 99 | Program is established within the Department of Health. The |
| 100 | purpose of this program is to implement the recommendations of |
| 101 | January 2000 of the Florida Prostate Cancer Task Force to |
| 102 | provide for statewide outreach and health education activities |
| 103 | to ensure that men are aware of and appropriately seek medical |
| 104 | counseling for prostate cancer as an early-detection health care |
| 105 | measure. |
| 106 | (2) For purposes of implementing the program, the |
| 107 | Department of Health and the Florida Public Health Foundation, |
| 108 | Inc., may: |
| 109 | (a) Conduct activities directly or enter into a contract |
| 110 | with a qualified nonprofit community education entity. |
| 111 | (b) Seek any available gifts, grants, or funds from the |
| 112 | state, the Federal Government, philanthropic foundations, and |
| 113 | industry or business groups. |
| 114 | (3) A prostate cancer advisory committee is created to |
| 115 | advise and assist the Department of Health and the Florida |
| 116 | Public Health Foundation, Inc., in implementing the program. |
| 117 | (a) The State Surgeon General shall appoint the advisory |
| 118 | committee members, who shall consist of: |
| 119 | 1. Three persons from prostate cancer survivor groups or |
| 120 | cancer-related advocacy groups. |
| 121 | 2. Three persons who are scientists or clinicians from |
| 122 | public or nonpublic universities or research organizations. |
| 123 | 3. Three persons who are engaged in the practice of a |
| 124 | cancer-related medical specialty from health organizations |
| 125 | committed to cancer research and control. |
| 126 | (b) Members shall serve without compensation but are |
| 127 | entitled to reimbursement, pursuant to s. 112.061, for per diem |
| 128 | and travel expenses incurred in the performance of their |
| 129 | official duties. |
| 130 | (4) The program shall coordinate its efforts with those of |
| 131 | the Florida Public Health Foundation, Inc. |
| 132 | Section 10. Section 381.912, Florida Statutes, is |
| 133 | repealed. |
| 134 | Section 11. Section 381.92, Florida Statutes, is |
| 135 | transferred and renumbered as section 385.2025, Florida |
| 136 | Statutes, to read: |
| 137 | 385.2025 381.92 Florida Cancer Council.-- |
| 138 | (1) Effective July 1, 2004, the Florida Cancer Council |
| 139 | within the Department of Health is established for the purpose |
| 140 | of making the state a center of excellence for cancer research. |
| 141 | (2)(a) The council shall be representative of the state's |
| 142 | cancer centers, hospitals, and patient groups and shall be |
| 143 | organized and shall operate in accordance with this act. |
| 144 | (b) The Florida Cancer Council may create not-for-profit |
| 145 | corporate subsidiaries to fulfill its mission. The council and |
| 146 | its subsidiaries are authorized to receive, hold, invest, and |
| 147 | administer property and any moneys acquired from private, local, |
| 148 | state, and federal sources, as well as technical and |
| 149 | professional income generated or derived from the mission- |
| 150 | related activities of the council. |
| 151 | (c) The members of the council shall consist of: |
| 152 | 1. The chair of the Florida Dialogue on Cancer, who shall |
| 153 | serve as the chair of the council; |
| 154 | 2. The State Surgeon General or his or her designee; |
| 155 | 3. The chief executive officer of the H. Lee Moffitt |
| 156 | Cancer Center or his or her designee; |
| 157 | 4. The director of the University of Florida Shands Cancer |
| 158 | Center or his or her designee; |
| 159 | 5. The chief executive officer of the University of Miami |
| 160 | Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center or his or her designee; |
| 161 | 6. The chief executive officer of the Mayo Clinic, |
| 162 | Jacksonville, or his or her designee; |
| 163 | 7. The chief executive officer of the American Cancer |
| 164 | Society, Florida Division, Inc., or his or her designee; |
| 165 | 8. The president of the American Cancer Society, Florida |
| 166 | Division, Inc., Board of Directors or his or her designee; |
| 167 | 9. The president of the Florida Society of Clinical |
| 168 | Oncology or his or her designee; |
| 169 | 10. The president of the American College of Surgeons, |
| 170 | Florida Chapter, or his or her designee; |
| 171 | 11. The chief executive officer of Enterprise Florida, |
| 172 | Inc., or his or her designee; |
| 173 | 12. Five representatives from cancer programs approved by |
| 174 | the American College of Surgeons. Three shall be appointed by |
| 175 | the Governor, one shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House |
| 176 | of Representatives, and one shall be appointed by the President |
| 177 | of the Senate; |
| 178 | 13. One member of the House of Representatives, to be |
| 179 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and |
| 180 | 14. One member of the Senate, to be appointed by the |
| 181 | President of the Senate. |
| 182 | (d) Appointments made by the Speaker of the House of |
| 183 | Representatives and the President of the Senate pursuant to |
| 184 | paragraph (c) shall be for 2-year terms, concurrent with the |
| 185 | bienniums in which they serve as presiding officers. |
| 186 | (e) Appointments made by the Governor pursuant to |
| 187 | paragraph (c) shall be for 2-year terms, although the Governor |
| 188 | may reappoint members. |
| 189 | (f) Members of the council or any subsidiaries shall serve |
| 190 | without compensation, and each organization represented on the |
| 191 | council shall cover the expenses of its representatives. |
| 192 | (3) The council shall issue an annual report to the Center |
| 193 | for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease, the Governor, the |
| 194 | Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of |
| 195 | the Senate by December 15 of each year, with policy and funding |
| 196 | recommendations regarding cancer research capacity in Florida |
| 197 | and related issues. |
| 198 | Section 12. Section 381.921, Florida Statutes, is |
| 199 | transferred and renumbered as section 385.20251, Florida |
| 200 | Statutes, to read: |
| 201 | 385.20251 381.921 Florida Cancer Council mission and |
| 202 | duties.--The council, which shall work in concert with the |
| 203 | Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease to |
| 204 | ensure that the goals of the center are advanced, shall endeavor |
| 205 | to dramatically improve cancer research and treatment in this |
| 206 | state through: |
| 207 | (1) Efforts to significantly expand cancer research |
| 208 | capacity in the state by: |
| 209 | (a) Identifying ways to attract new research talent and |
| 210 | attendant national grant-producing researchers to cancer |
| 211 | research facilities in this state; |
| 212 | (b) Implementing a peer-reviewed, competitive process to |
| 213 | identify and fund the best proposals to expand cancer research |
| 214 | institutes in this state; |
| 215 | (c) Funding through available resources for those |
| 216 | proposals that demonstrate the greatest opportunity to attract |
| 217 | federal research grants and private financial support; |
| 218 | (d) Encouraging the employment of bioinformatics in order |
| 219 | to create a cancer informatics infrastructure that enhances |
| 220 | information and resource exchange and integration through |
| 221 | researchers working in diverse disciplines, to facilitate the |
| 222 | full spectrum of cancer investigations; |
| 223 | (e) Facilitating the technical coordination, business |
| 224 | development, and support of intellectual property as it relates |
| 225 | to the advancement of cancer research; and |
| 226 | (f) Aiding in other multidisciplinary research-support |
| 227 | activities as they inure to the advancement of cancer research. |
| 228 | (2) Efforts to improve both research and treatment through |
| 229 | greater participation in clinical trials networks by: |
| 230 | (a) Identifying ways to increase adult enrollment in |
| 231 | cancer clinical trials; |
| 232 | (b) Supporting public and private professional education |
| 233 | programs designed to increase the awareness and knowledge about |
| 234 | cancer clinical trials; |
| 235 | (c) Providing tools to cancer patients and community-based |
| 236 | oncologists to aid in the identification of cancer clinical |
| 237 | trials available in the state; and |
| 238 | (d) Creating opportunities for the state's academic cancer |
| 239 | centers to collaborate with community-based oncologists in |
| 240 | cancer clinical trials networks. |
| 241 | (3) Efforts to reduce the impact of cancer on disparate |
| 242 | groups by: |
| 243 | (a) Identifying those cancers that disproportionately |
| 244 | impact certain demographic groups; and |
| 245 | (b) Building collaborations designed to reduce health |
| 246 | disparities as they relate to cancer. |
| 247 | Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and subsection |
| 248 | (5) of section 381.922, Florida Statutes, as amended by section |
| 249 | 2 of chapter 2009-5, Law of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 250 | 381.922 William G. "Bill" Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley |
| 251 | Cancer Research Program.-- |
| 252 | (2) The program shall provide grants for cancer research |
| 253 | to further the search for cures for cancer. |
| 254 | (a) Emphasis shall be given to the goals enumerated in s. |
| 255 | 385.20251 s. 381.921, as those goals support the advancement of |
| 256 | such cures. |
| 257 | (5) For the 2008-2009 fiscal year and each fiscal year |
| 258 | thereafter, the sum of $6.75 million is appropriated annually |
| 259 | from recurring funds in the General Revenue Fund to the |
| 260 | Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the Department of Health |
| 261 | for purposes of the William G. "Bill" Bankhead, Jr., and David |
| 262 | Coley Cancer Research Program and shall be distributed pursuant |
| 263 | to this section to provide grants to researchers seeking cures |
| 264 | for cancer, with emphasis given to the goals enumerated in s. |
| 265 | 385.20251 s. 381.921. From the total funds appropriated, an |
| 266 | amount of up to 10 percent may be used for administrative |
| 267 | expenses. |
| 268 | Section 14. Section 381.93, Florida Statutes, is |
| 269 | transferred and renumbered as section 385.2021, Florida |
| 270 | Statutes, to read: |
| 271 | 385.2021 381.93 Breast and cervical cancer early detection |
| 272 | program.--This section may be cited as the "Mary Brogan Breast |
| 273 | and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Act." |
| 274 | (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce the |
| 275 | rates of death due to breast and cervical cancer through early |
| 276 | diagnosis and increased access to early screening, diagnosis, |
| 277 | and treatment programs. |
| 278 | (2) The Department of Health, using available federal |
| 279 | funds and state funds appropriated for that purpose, is |
| 280 | authorized to establish the Mary Brogan Breast and Cervical |
| 281 | Cancer Screening and Early Detection Program to provide |
| 282 | screening, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, case management, |
| 283 | and followup and referral to the Agency for Health Care |
| 284 | Administration for coverage of treatment services. |
| 285 | (3) The Mary Brogan Breast and Cervical Cancer Early |
| 286 | Detection Program shall be funded through grants for such |
| 287 | screening and early detection purposes from the federal Centers |
| 288 | for Disease Control and Prevention under Title XV of the Public |
| 289 | Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. ss. 300k et seq. |
| 290 | (4) The department shall limit enrollment in the program |
| 291 | to persons with incomes up to and including 200 percent of the |
| 292 | federal poverty level. The department shall establish an |
| 293 | eligibility process that includes an income-verification process |
| 294 | to ensure that persons served under the program meet income |
| 295 | guidelines. |
| 296 | (5) The department may provide other breast and cervical |
| 297 | cancer screening and diagnostic services; however, such services |
| 298 | shall be funded separately through other sources than this act. |
| 299 | Section 15. Section 381.931, Florida Statutes, is |
| 300 | transferred and renumbered as section 385.20211, Florida |
| 301 | Statutes, to read: |
| 302 | 385.20211 381.931 Annual report on Medicaid |
| 303 | expenditures.--The Department of Health and the Agency for |
| 304 | Health Care Administration shall monitor the total Medicaid |
| 305 | expenditures for services made under this act. If Medicaid |
| 306 | expenditures are projected to exceed the amount appropriated by |
| 307 | the Legislature, the Department of Health shall limit the number |
| 308 | of screenings to ensure Medicaid expenditures do not exceed the |
| 309 | amount appropriated. The Department of Health, in cooperation |
| 310 | with the Agency for Health Care Administration, shall prepare an |
| 311 | annual report that must include the number of women screened; |
| 312 | the percentage of positive and negative outcomes; the number of |
| 313 | referrals to Medicaid and other providers for treatment |
| 314 | services; the estimated number of women who are not screened or |
| 315 | not served by Medicaid due to funding limitations, if any; the |
| 316 | cost of Medicaid treatment services; and the estimated cost of |
| 317 | treatment services for women who were not screened or referred |
| 318 | for treatment due to funding limitations. The report shall be |
| 319 | submitted to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the |
| 320 | House of Representatives, and the Executive Office of the |
| 321 | Governor by March 1 of each year. |
| 322 | Section 16. Chapter 385, Florida Statutes, entitled |
| 323 | "Chronic Diseases," is renamed the "Healthy and Fit Florida |
| 324 | Act." |
| 325 | Section 17. Section 385.101, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 326 | to read: |
| 327 | 385.101 Short title.--This chapter Sections 385.101- |
| 328 | 385.103 may be cited as the "Healthy and Fit Florida Chronic |
| 329 | Diseases Act." |
| 330 | Section 18. Section 385.102, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 331 | to read: |
| 332 | 385.102 Legislative intent.--It is the finding of the |
| 333 | Legislature that: |
| 334 | (1) Chronic diseases continue to be the leading cause of |
| 335 | death and disability in this state and the country exist in high |
| 336 | proportions among the people of this state. These Chronic |
| 337 | diseases include, but are not limited to, arthritis, |
| 338 | cardiovascular disease heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, |
| 339 | renal disease, cancer, and chronic obstructive lung disease, |
| 340 | including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These diseases |
| 341 | are often have the same preventable risk factors interrelated, |
| 342 | and they directly and indirectly account for a high rate of |
| 343 | death, disability, and underlying costs to the state's health |
| 344 | care system illness. |
| 345 | (2) Chronic diseases have a significant impact on quality |
| 346 | of life, not only for the individuals who experience their |
| 347 | painful symptoms and resulting disabilities, but also for family |
| 348 | members and caregivers. |
| 349 | (3) Racial and ethnic minorities and other underserved |
| 350 | populations are disproportionately affected by chronic diseases. |
| 351 | (4) There are enormous medical costs and lost wages |
| 352 | associated with chronic diseases and their complications. |
| 353 | (5)(2) Advances in medical knowledge and technology assist |
| 354 | have assisted in the prevention, detection, and management of |
| 355 | chronic diseases. Comprehensive approaches that stress the |
| 356 | stressing application of current medical treatment, continuing |
| 357 | research, professional training, and patient education, and |
| 358 | community-level policy and environmental changes should be |
| 359 | implemented encouraged. |
| 360 | (6)(3) A comprehensive program dealing with the early |
| 361 | detection and prevention of chronic diseases is required to make |
| 362 | knowledge and therapy available to all people of this state. The |
| 363 | mobilization of scientific, medical, and educational resources, |
| 364 | along with the implementation of community-based policy under |
| 365 | one comprehensive chronic disease law, act will facilitate the |
| 366 | prevention, early intervention, and management treatment of |
| 367 | chronic these diseases and their symptoms. This integration of |
| 368 | resources and policy will and result in a decline in death and |
| 369 | disability illness among the people of this state. |
| 370 | (7) Chronic diseases account for 70 percent of all deaths |
| 371 | in the United States. The following chronic diseases are the |
| 372 | leading causes of death and disability: |
| 373 | (a) Heart disease and stroke, which have remained the |
| 374 | first and third leading causes of death for both men and women |
| 375 | in the United States for over seven decades and account for |
| 376 | approximately one-third of total deaths each year in this state. |
| 377 | (b) Cancer, which is the second leading cause of death and |
| 378 | is responsible for one in four deaths in this state. |
| 379 | (c) Lung disease, which is the third leading cause of |
| 380 | death and accounts for one in every six deaths in this state. |
| 381 | (d) Diabetes, which is the sixth leading cause of death in |
| 382 | this state. |
| 383 | (e) Arthritis, which is the leading cause of disability in |
| 384 | the United States, limiting daily activities for more than 19 |
| 385 | million citizens. In this state, arthritis limits daily |
| 386 | activities for an estimated 1.3 million people. |
| 387 | (8) The department shall establish, promote, and maintain |
| 388 | state-level and local-level programs for chronic disease |
| 389 | prevention and health promotion to the extent that funds are |
| 390 | specifically made available for this purpose. |
| 391 | Section 19. Section 385.1021, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 392 | to read: |
| 393 | 385.1021 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term: |
| 394 | (1) "CDC" means the United States Centers for Disease |
| 395 | Control and Prevention. |
| 396 | (2) "Chronic disease" means an illness that is prolonged, |
| 397 | does not resolve spontaneously, and is rarely cured completely. |
| 398 | (3) "Department" means the Department of Health. |
| 399 | (4) "Environmental changes" means changes to the economic, |
| 400 | social, or physical natural or built environments which |
| 401 | encourage or enable behaviors. |
| 402 | (5) "Policy change" means altering an informal or formal |
| 403 | agreement between public or private sectors which sets forth |
| 404 | values, behaviors, or resource allocation in order to improve |
| 405 | health. |
| 406 | (6) "Primary prevention" means an intervention that is |
| 407 | directed toward healthy populations and focuses on avoiding |
| 408 | disease before it occurs. |
| 409 | (7) "Risk factor" means a characteristic or condition |
| 410 | identified during the course of an epidemiological study of a |
| 411 | disease that appears to be statistically associated with a high |
| 412 | incidence of that disease. |
| 413 | (8) "Secondary prevention" means an intervention that is |
| 414 | designed to promote the early detection and management of |
| 415 | diseases and reduce the risks experienced by at-risk |
| 416 | populations. |
| 417 | (9) "System changes" means altering standard activities, |
| 418 | protocols, policies, processes, and structures carried out in |
| 419 | population-based settings, such as schools, worksites, health |
| 420 | care facilities, faith-based organizations, and the overall |
| 421 | community, which promote and support new behaviors. |
| 422 | (10) "Tertiary prevention" means an intervention that is |
| 423 | directed at rehabilitating and minimizing the effects of disease |
| 424 | in a chronically ill population. |
| 425 | (11) "Tobacco" means, without limitation, tobacco itself |
| 426 | and tobacco products that include tobacco and are intended or |
| 427 | expected for human use or consumption, including, but not |
| 428 | limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless |
| 429 | tobacco. |
| 430 | (12) "Wellness program" means a structured program that is |
| 431 | designed or approved by the department to offer intervention |
| 432 | activities on or off the worksite which help state employees |
| 433 | change certain behaviors or adopt healthy lifestyles. |
| 434 | (13) "Youth" means children and young adults, up through |
| 435 | 24 years of age, inclusive. |
| 436 | Section 20. Section 385.1022, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 437 | to read: |
| 438 | 385.1022 Chronic disease prevention program.--The |
| 439 | department shall support public health programs to reduce the |
| 440 | incidence of mortality and morbidity from diseases for which |
| 441 | risk factors can be identified. Such risk factors include, but |
| 442 | are not limited to, being overweight or obese, physical |
| 443 | inactivity, poor nutrition and diet, tobacco use, sun exposure, |
| 444 | and other practices that are detrimental to health. The programs |
| 445 | shall educate and screen the general public as well as groups at |
| 446 | particularly high risk of chronic diseases. |
| 447 | Section 21. Section 385.1023, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 448 | to read: |
| 449 | 385.1023 State-level prevention programs for chronic |
| 450 | disease.-- |
| 451 | (1) The department shall create state-level programs that |
| 452 | address the leading, preventable chronic disease risk factors of |
| 453 | poor nutrition and obesity, tobacco use, sun exposure, and |
| 454 | physical inactivity in order to decrease the incidence of |
| 455 | arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, |
| 456 | stroke, and other chronic diseases. |
| 457 | (2) State-level programs shall address, but need not be |
| 458 | limited to, the following activities: |
| 459 | (a) Monitoring specific causal and behavioral risk factors |
| 460 | that affect the health of residents in the state. |
| 461 | (b) Analyzing data regarding chronic disease mortality and |
| 462 | morbidity to track changes over time. |
| 463 | (c) Promoting public awareness and increasing knowledge |
| 464 | concerning the causes of chronic diseases, the importance of |
| 465 | early detection, diagnosis, and appropriate evidence-based |
| 466 | prevention, management, and treatment strategies. |
| 467 | (d) Disseminating educational materials and information |
| 468 | concerning evidence-based results, available services, and |
| 469 | pertinent new research findings and prevention strategies to |
| 470 | patients, health insurers, health professionals, and the public. |
| 471 | (e) Using education and training resources and services |
| 472 | developed by organizations having appropriate expertise and |
| 473 | knowledge of chronic diseases for technical assistance. |
| 474 | (f) Evaluating the quality and accessibility of existing |
| 475 | community-based services for chronic disease. |
| 476 | (g) Increasing awareness among state and local officials |
| 477 | involved in health and human services, health professionals and |
| 478 | providers, and policymakers about evidence-based chronic-disease |
| 479 | prevention, tobacco cessation, and treatment strategies and |
| 480 | their benefits for people who have chronic diseases. |
| 481 | (h) Developing a partnership with state and local |
| 482 | governments, voluntary health organizations, hospitals, health |
| 483 | insurers, universities, medical centers, employer groups, |
| 484 | private companies, and health care providers to address the |
| 485 | burden of chronic disease in this state. |
| 486 | (i) Implementing and coordinating state-level policies in |
| 487 | order to reduce the burden of chronic disease. |
| 488 | (j) Providing lasting improvements in the delivery of |
| 489 | health care for individuals who have chronic disease and their |
| 490 | families, thus improving their quality of life while also |
| 491 | containing health care costs. |
| 492 | Section 22. Section 385.103, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 493 | to read: |
| 494 | 385.103 Community-level Community intervention programs |
| 495 | for chronic disease prevention and health promotion.-- |
| 496 | (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: |
| 497 | (a) "Chronic disease prevention and health promotion |
| 498 | control program" means a program that may include, but is not |
| 499 | limited to, including a combination of the following elements: |
| 500 | 1. Staff who are sufficiently trained and skilled in |
| 501 | public health, community health, or school health education to |
| 502 | facilitate the operation of the program Health screening; |
| 503 | 2. Community input into the planning, implementation, and |
| 504 | evaluation processes Risk factor detection; |
| 505 | 3. Use of public health data to make decisions and to |
| 506 | develop and prioritize community-based interventions focusing on |
| 507 | chronic diseases and their risk factors; Appropriate |
| 508 | intervention to enable and encourage changes in behaviors that |
| 509 | create health risks; and |
| 510 | 4. Adherence to a population-based approach by using a |
| 511 | socioecological model that addresses the influence on individual |
| 512 | behavior, interpersonal behavior, organizational behavior, the |
| 513 | community, and public policy; Counseling in nutrition, physical |
| 514 | activity, the effects of tobacco use, hypertension, blood |
| 515 | pressure control, and diabetes control and the provision of |
| 516 | other clinical prevention services. |
| 517 | 5. Focus on at least the common preventable risk factors |
| 518 | for chronic disease, such as physical inactivity, obesity, poor |
| 519 | nutrition, and tobacco use; |
| 520 | 6. Focus on developing and implementing interventions and |
| 521 | activities through communities, schools, worksites, faith-based |
| 522 | organizations, and health-care settings; |
| 523 | 7. Use of evidence-based interventions as well as best and |
| 524 | promising practices to guide specific activities and effect |
| 525 | change, which may include guidelines developed by organizations, |
| 526 | volunteer scientists, and health care professionals who write |
| 527 | published medical, scientific statements on various chronic |
| 528 | disease topics. The statements shall be supported by scientific |
| 529 | studies published in recognized journals that have a rigorous |
| 530 | review and approval process. Scientific statements generally |
| 531 | include a review of data available on a specific subject and an |
| 532 | evaluation of its relationship to overall chronic disease |
| 533 | science; |
| 534 | 8. Use of policy, system, and environmental changes that |
| 535 | support healthy behaviors so as to affect large segments of the |
| 536 | population and encourage healthy choices; |
| 537 | 9. Development of extensive and comprehensive evaluation |
| 538 | that is linked to program planning at the state level and the |
| 539 | community level in order to determine the program's |
| 540 | effectiveness or necessary program modifications; and |
| 541 | 10. Reduction of duplication of efforts through |
| 542 | coordination among appropriate entities for the efficient use of |
| 543 | resources. |
| 544 | (b) "Community Health education program" means a program |
| 545 | that follows involving the planned and coordinated use of the |
| 546 | educational standards and teaching methods resources available |
| 547 | in a community in an effort to provide: |
| 548 | 1. Appropriate medical, research-based interventions to |
| 549 | enable and encourage changes in behaviors which reduce or |
| 550 | eliminate health risks; |
| 551 | 2. Counseling in nutrition, weight management, physical |
| 552 | inactivity, and tobacco-use prevention and cessation strategies; |
| 553 | hypertension, blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes |
| 554 | control; and other clinical prevention services; |
| 555 | 3.1. Motivation and assistance to individuals or groups in |
| 556 | adopting and maintaining Motivate and assist citizens to adopt |
| 557 | and maintain healthful practices and lifestyles; and |
| 558 | 4.2. Make available Learning opportunities that which will |
| 559 | increase the ability of people to make informed decisions |
| 560 | affecting their personal, family, and community well-being and |
| 561 | that which are designed to facilitate voluntary adoption of |
| 562 | behavior that which will improve or maintain health.; |
| 563 | 3. Reduce, through coordination among appropriate |
| 564 | agencies, duplication of health education efforts; and |
| 565 | 4. Facilitate collaboration among appropriate agencies for |
| 566 | efficient use of scarce resources. |
| 567 | (c) "Community intervention program" means a program |
| 568 | combining the required elements of a chronic disease prevention |
| 569 | and health promotion control program and the principles of a |
| 570 | community health education program that addresses system, |
| 571 | policy, and environmental changes that ensure that communities |
| 572 | provide support for healthy lifestyles into a unified program |
| 573 | over which a single administrative entity has authority and |
| 574 | responsibility. |
| 575 | (d) "Department" means the Department of Health. |
| 576 | (e) "Risk factor" means a factor identified during the |
| 577 | course of an epidemiological study of a disease, which factor |
| 578 | appears to be statistically associated with a high incidence of |
| 579 | that disease. |
| 580 | (2) OPERATION OF COMMUNITY-LEVEL COMMUNITY INTERVENTION |
| 581 | PROGRAMS FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION.-- |
| 582 | (a) The department shall develop and implement a |
| 583 | comprehensive, community-based program for chronic disease |
| 584 | prevention and health promotion. The program shall be designed |
| 585 | to reduce major behavioral risk factors that are associated with |
| 586 | chronic diseases by enhancing the knowledge, skills, motivation, |
| 587 | and opportunities for individuals, organizations, health care |
| 588 | providers, small businesses, health insurers, and communities to |
| 589 | develop and maintain healthy lifestyles. The department shall |
| 590 | assist the county health departments in developing and operating |
| 591 | community intervention programs throughout the state. At a |
| 592 | minimum, the community intervention programs shall address one |
| 593 | to three of the following chronic diseases: cancer, diabetes, |
| 594 | heart disease, stroke, hypertension, renal disease, and chronic |
| 595 | obstructive lung disease. |
| 596 | (b) The program shall include: |
| 597 | 1. Countywide assessments of specific, causal, and |
| 598 | behavioral risk factors that affect the health of residents; |
| 599 | 2. The development of community-based programs for chronic |
| 600 | disease prevention and health promotion which incorporate health |
| 601 | promotion and preventive care practices that are supported in |
| 602 | scientific and medical literature; |
| 603 | 3. The development and implementation of statewide age- |
| 604 | specific, disease-specific, and community-specific health |
| 605 | promotion and preventive care strategies using primary, |
| 606 | secondary, and tertiary prevention interventions; |
| 607 | 4. The promotion of community, research-based health- |
| 608 | promotion model programs that meet specific criteria, address |
| 609 | major risk factors, and motivate individuals to permanently |
| 610 | adopt healthy behaviors and increase social and personal |
| 611 | responsibilities; |
| 612 | 5. The development of policies that encourage the use of |
| 613 | alternative community delivery sites for health promotion, |
| 614 | disease prevention, and preventive care programs and promote the |
| 615 | use of neighborhood delivery sites that are close to work, home, |
| 616 | and school; and |
| 617 | 6. An emphasis on the importance of healthy and physically |
| 618 | active lifestyles to build self-esteem and reduce morbidity and |
| 619 | mortality associated with chronic disease and being overweight |
| 620 | or obese. Existing community resources, when available, shall be |
| 621 | used to support the programs. The department shall seek funding |
| 622 | for the programs from federal and state financial assistance |
| 623 | programs which presently exist or which may be hereafter |
| 624 | created. Additional services, as appropriate, may be |
| 625 | incorporated into a program to the extent that resources are |
| 626 | available. The department may accept gifts and grants in order |
| 627 | to carry out a program. |
| 628 | (c) Volunteers shall be used to the maximum extent |
| 629 | possible in carrying out the programs. The department shall |
| 630 | contract for the necessary insurance coverage to protect |
| 631 | volunteers from personal liability while acting within the scope |
| 632 | of their volunteer assignments under a program. |
| 633 | (d) The department may contract for the provision of all |
| 634 | or any portion of the services required by a program, and shall |
| 635 | so contract whenever the services so provided are more cost- |
| 636 | efficient than those provided by the department. |
| 637 | (e) If the department determines that it is necessary for |
| 638 | clients to help pay for services provided by a program, the |
| 639 | department may require clients to make contribution therefor in |
| 640 | either money or personal services. The amount of money or value |
| 641 | of the personal services shall be fixed according to a fee |
| 642 | schedule established by the department or by the entity |
| 643 | developing the program. In establishing the fee schedule, the |
| 644 | department or the entity developing the program shall take into |
| 645 | account the expenses and resources of a client and his or her |
| 646 | overall ability to pay for the services. |
| 647 | Section 23. Section 385.105, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 648 | to read: |
| 649 | 385.105 Physical activity, obesity prevention, nutrition, |
| 650 | other health-promotion services, and wellness programs.-- |
| 651 | (1) PHYSICAL ACTIVITY--. |
| 652 | (a) The department shall develop programs for people at |
| 653 | every stage of their lives to increase physical fitness and |
| 654 | promote behavior changes. |
| 655 | (b) The department shall work with school health advisory |
| 656 | or wellness committees in each school district as established in |
| 657 | s. 381.0056. |
| 658 | (c) The department shall develop public and private |
| 659 | partnerships that allow the public to easily access recreational |
| 660 | facilities and public land areas that are suitable for physical |
| 661 | activity. |
| 662 | (d) The department shall work in collaboration with the |
| 663 | Executive Office of the Governor and Volunteer Florida, Inc., to |
| 664 | promote school initiatives, such as the Governor's Fitness |
| 665 | Challenge. |
| 666 | (e) The department shall collaborate with the Department |
| 667 | of Education in recognizing nationally accepted best practices |
| 668 | for improving physical education in schools. |
| 669 | (2) OBESITY PREVENTION.--The department shall promote |
| 670 | healthy lifestyles to reduce the prevalence of excess weight |
| 671 | gain and being overweight or obese through programs that are |
| 672 | directed towards all residents of this state by: |
| 673 | (a) Using all appropriate media to promote maximum public |
| 674 | awareness of the latest research on healthy lifestyles and |
| 675 | chronic diseases and disseminating relevant information through |
| 676 | a statewide clearinghouse relating to wellness, physical |
| 677 | activity, and nutrition and the effect of these factors on |
| 678 | chronic diseases and disabling conditions. |
| 679 | (b) Providing technical assistance, training, and |
| 680 | resources on healthy lifestyles and chronic diseases to the |
| 681 | public, health care providers, school districts, and other |
| 682 | persons or entities, including faith-based organizations that |
| 683 | request such assistance to promote physical activity, nutrition, |
| 684 | and healthy lifestyle programs. |
| 685 | (c) Developing, implementing, and using all available |
| 686 | research methods to collect data, including, but not limited to, |
| 687 | population-specific data, and tracking the incidence and effects |
| 688 | of weight gain, obesity, and related chronic diseases. The |
| 689 | department shall include an evaluation and data-collection |
| 690 | component in all programs as appropriate. All research conducted |
| 691 | under this paragraph is subject to review and approval as |
| 692 | required by the department's institutional review board under s. |
| 693 | 381.86. |
| 694 | (d) Entering into partnerships with the Department of |
| 695 | Education, local communities, school districts, and other |
| 696 | entities to encourage schools in this state to promote |
| 697 | activities during and after school to help students meet a |
| 698 | minimum goal of 30 minutes of physical activity or physical |
| 699 | fitness per day. |
| 700 | (e) Entering into partnerships with the Department of |
| 701 | Education, school districts, and the Florida Sports Foundation |
| 702 | to develop a programs recognizing the schools at which students |
| 703 | demonstrate excellent physical fitness or fitness improvement. |
| 704 | (f) Collaborating with other state agencies to develop |
| 705 | policies and strategies for preventing and treating obesity, |
| 706 | which shall be incorporated into programs administered by each |
| 707 | agency and shall include promoting healthy lifestyles of |
| 708 | employees of each agency. |
| 709 | (g) Advising, in accordance with s. 456.081, health care |
| 710 | practitioners about the morbidity, mortality, and costs |
| 711 | associated with being overweight or obese, informing such |
| 712 | practitioners of promising clinical practices for preventing and |
| 713 | treating obesity, and encouraging practitioners to counsel their |
| 714 | patients regarding the adoption of healthy lifestyles. |
| 715 | (h) Maximizing all local, state, and federal funding |
| 716 | sources, including grants, public-private partnerships, and |
| 717 | other mechanisms to strengthen the department's programs |
| 718 | promoting physical activity and nutrition. |
| 719 | (3) NUTRITION.--The department shall promote optimal |
| 720 | nutritional status in all stages of people's lives by developing |
| 721 | strategies to: |
| 722 | (a) Promote and maintain optimal nutritional status in the |
| 723 | population through activities, including, but not limited to: |
| 724 | 1. Nutrition screening and assessment and nutrition |
| 725 | counseling, including nutrition therapy, followup, case |
| 726 | management, and referrals for persons who have medical |
| 727 | conditions or nutrition-risk factors and who are provided health |
| 728 | services through public health programs or through referrals |
| 729 | from private health care providers or facilities; |
| 730 | 2. Nutrition education to assist residents of the state in |
| 731 | achieving optimal health and preventing chronic disease; and |
| 732 | 3. Consultative nutrition services to group facilities |
| 733 | which promote the provision of safe and nutritionally adequate |
| 734 | diets. |
| 735 | (b) Monitor and conduct surveillance of the nutritional |
| 736 | status of this state's population. |
| 737 | (c) Conduct or support research or evaluations related to |
| 738 | public health nutrition. All research conducted under this |
| 739 | paragraph is subject to review and approval as required by the |
| 740 | department's institutional review board under s. 381.86. |
| 741 | (d) Establish policies and standards for public health |
| 742 | nutrition practices. |
| 743 | (e) Promote interagency cooperation, professional |
| 744 | education, and consultation. |
| 745 | (f) Provide technical assistance and advise state |
| 746 | agencies, private institutions, and local organizations |
| 747 | regarding public health nutrition standards. |
| 748 | (g) Work with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer |
| 749 | Services, the Department of Education, and the Department of |
| 750 | Management Services to further the use of fresh produce from |
| 751 | this state in schools and encourage the development of community |
| 752 | gardens. Nutritional services shall be available to eligible |
| 753 | persons in accordance with eligibility criteria adopted by the |
| 754 | department. The department shall provide by rule requirements |
| 755 | for the service fees, when applicable, which may not exceed the |
| 756 | department's actual costs. |
| 757 |
|
| 758 | The department may adopt rules to administer this subsection. |
| 759 | (4) OTHER HEALTH-PROMOTION SERVICES.-- |
| 760 | (a) The department shall promote personal responsibility |
| 761 | by encouraging residents of this state to be informed, follow |
| 762 | health recommendations, seek medical consultations and health |
| 763 | assessments, take healthy precautions, and comply with medical |
| 764 | guidelines, including those that lead to earlier detection of |
| 765 | chronic diseases in order to prevent chronic diseases or slow |
| 766 | the progression of established chronic diseases. |
| 767 | (b) The department shall promote regular health visits |
| 768 | during a person's lifetime, including annual physical |
| 769 | examinations that include measuring body mass index and vital |
| 770 | signs, blood work, immunizations, screenings, and dental |
| 771 | examinations in order to reduce the financial, social, and |
| 772 | personal burden of chronic disease. |
| 773 | (5) WELLNESS PROGRAMS.-- |
| 774 | (a) Each state agency may conduct employee wellness |
| 775 | programs in buildings and lands owned or leased by the state. |
| 776 | The department shall serve as a model to develop and implement |
| 777 | employee wellness programs that may include physical fitness, |
| 778 | healthy nutrition, self-management of disease, education, and |
| 779 | behavioral change. The department shall assist other state |
| 780 | agencies to develop and implement employee wellness programs. |
| 781 | These programs shall use existing resources, facilities, and |
| 782 | programs or resources procured through grant funding and |
| 783 | donations that are obtained in accordance with state ethics and |
| 784 | procurement policies, and shall provide equal access to any such |
| 785 | programs, resources, and facilities to all state employees. |
| 786 | (b) The department shall coordinate its efforts with the |
| 787 | Department of Management Services and other state agencies. |
| 788 | (c) Each agency may establish an employee wellness work |
| 789 | group to design the program. The department shall be available |
| 790 | to provide policy guidance and assist in identifying effective |
| 791 | wellness program strategies. |
| 792 | (d) The department shall provide by rule requirements for |
| 793 | nominal participation fees, when applicable, which may not |
| 794 | exceed the department's actual costs; collaborations with |
| 795 | businesses; and the procurement of equipment and incentives. |
| 796 | Section 24. Section 385.202, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 797 | to read: |
| 798 | 385.202 Statewide cancer registry.-- |
| 799 | (1) Each facility, laboratory, or practitioner licensed |
| 800 | under chapter 395, chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 464, |
| 801 | chapter 483, and each freestanding radiation therapy center as |
| 802 | defined in s. 408.07, shall report to the department of Health |
| 803 | such information, specified by the department, by rule. The |
| 804 | department may adopt rules regarding reporting requirements for |
| 805 | the cancer registry, which shall include the data required, the |
| 806 | timeframe for reporting, and those professionals who are |
| 807 | responsible for ensuring compliance with reporting requirements, |
| 808 | which indicates diagnosis, stage of disease, medical history, |
| 809 | laboratory data, tissue diagnosis, and radiation, surgical, or |
| 810 | other methods of diagnosis or treatment for each cancer |
| 811 | diagnosed or treated by the facility or center. Failure to |
| 812 | comply with this requirement may be cause for registration or |
| 813 | licensure suspension or revocation. |
| 814 | (2) The department shall establish, or cause to have |
| 815 | established, by contract with a recognized medical organization |
| 816 | in this state and its affiliated institutions, a statewide |
| 817 | cancer registry program to ensure that cancer reports required |
| 818 | under this section shall be maintained and available for use in |
| 819 | the course of public health surveillance and any study for the |
| 820 | purpose of reducing morbidity or mortality; and no liability of |
| 821 | any kind or character for damages or other relief shall arise or |
| 822 | be enforced against any facility or practitioner hospital by |
| 823 | reason of having provided such information or material to the |
| 824 | department. |
| 825 | (3) The department may adopt rules regarding the |
| 826 | establishment and operation of a statewide cancer registry |
| 827 | program. |
| 828 | (4)(3) The department or a contractual designee operating |
| 829 | the statewide cancer registry program required by this section |
| 830 | shall use or publish said material only for the purpose of |
| 831 | public health surveillance and advancing medical research or |
| 832 | medical education in the interest of reducing morbidity or |
| 833 | mortality, except that a summary of such studies may be released |
| 834 | for general publication. Information which discloses or could |
| 835 | lead to the disclosure of the identity of any person whose |
| 836 | condition or treatment has been reported and studied shall be |
| 837 | confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1), |
| 838 | except that: |
| 839 | (a) Release may be made with the written consent of all |
| 840 | persons to whom the information applies; |
| 841 | (b) The department or a contractual designee may contact |
| 842 | individuals for the purpose of epidemiologic investigation and |
| 843 | monitoring, provided information that is confidential under this |
| 844 | section is not further disclosed; or |
| 845 | (c) The department may exchange personal data with any |
| 846 | other governmental agency or a contractual designee for the |
| 847 | purpose of public health surveillance and medical or scientific |
| 848 | research, if provided such governmental agency or contractual |
| 849 | designee does shall not further disclose information that is |
| 850 | confidential under this section. |
| 851 | (5)(4) Funds appropriated for this section shall be used |
| 852 | for establishing, administering, compiling, processing, and |
| 853 | providing biometric and statistical analyses to the reporting |
| 854 | facilities and practitioners. Funds may also be used to ensure |
| 855 | the quality and accuracy of the information reported and to |
| 856 | provide management information to the reporting facilities and |
| 857 | practitioners. |
| 858 | (6)(5) The department may adopt rules regarding the |
| 859 | classifications of, by rule, classify facilities that are |
| 860 | responsible for making reports to the cancer registry, the |
| 861 | content and frequency of the reports, and the penalty for |
| 862 | failure to comply with these requirements for purposes of |
| 863 | reports made to the cancer registry and specify the content and |
| 864 | frequency of the reports. In classifying facilities, the |
| 865 | department shall exempt certain facilities from reporting cancer |
| 866 | information that was previously reported to the department or |
| 867 | retrieved from existing state reports made to the department or |
| 868 | the Agency for Health Care Administration. The provisions of |
| 869 | This section does shall not apply to any facility whose primary |
| 870 | function is to provide psychiatric care to its patients. |
| 871 | (7) Notwithstanding subsection (1), each facility and |
| 872 | practitioner that reports cancer cases to the department shall |
| 873 | make their records available for onsite review by the department |
| 874 | or its authorized representative. |
| 875 | Section 25. Subsection (3) of section 385.203, Florida |
| 876 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 877 | 385.203 Diabetes Advisory Council; creation; function; |
| 878 | membership.-- |
| 879 | (3) The council shall be composed of 26 25 citizens of the |
| 880 | state who have knowledge of, or work in, the area of diabetes |
| 881 | mellitus as follows: |
| 882 | (a) Five interested citizens, three of whom are affected |
| 883 | by diabetes. |
| 884 | (b) Twenty-one Twenty members, who must include one |
| 885 | representative from each of the following areas: nursing with |
| 886 | diabetes-educator certification; dietary with diabetes educator |
| 887 | certification; podiatry; ophthalmology or optometry; psychology; |
| 888 | pharmacy; adult endocrinology; pediatric endocrinology; the |
| 889 | American Diabetes Association (ADA); the Juvenile Diabetes |
| 890 | Foundation (JDF); the Florida Academy of Family Physicians; a |
| 891 | community health center; a county health department; an American |
| 892 | Diabetes Association recognized community education program; |
| 893 | each medical school in the state; an osteopathic medical school; |
| 894 | the insurance industry; a Children's Medical Services diabetes |
| 895 | regional program; and an employer. |
| 896 | (c) One or more representatives from the Department of |
| 897 | Health, who shall serve on the council as ex officio members. |
| 898 | Section 26. Section 385.206, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 899 | to read: |
| 900 | 385.206 Pediatric Hematology-Oncology care Center |
| 901 | Program.-- |
| 902 | (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term: |
| 903 | (a) "Department" means the Department of Health. |
| 904 | (b) "Hematology" means the study, diagnosis, and treatment |
| 905 | of blood and blood-forming tissues. |
| 906 | (c) "Oncology" means the study, diagnosis, and treatment |
| 907 | of malignant neoplasms or cancer. |
| 908 | (d) "Hemophilia" or "other hemostatic disorder" means a |
| 909 | bleeding disorder resulting from a genetic abnormality of |
| 910 | mechanisms related to the control of bleeding. |
| 911 | (e) "Sickle-cell anemia or other hemoglobinopathy" means |
| 912 | an hereditary, chronic disease caused by an abnormal type of |
| 913 | hemoglobin. |
| 914 | (f) "Patient" means a person under the age of 21 who is in |
| 915 | need of hematologic-oncologic services and who is enrolled in |
| 916 | the Children's Medical Services Network declared medically and |
| 917 | financially eligible by the department; or a person who received |
| 918 | such services prior to age 21 and who requires long-term |
| 919 | monitoring and evaluation to ascertain the sequelae and the |
| 920 | effectiveness of treatment. |
| 921 | (g) "Center" means a facility designated by the department |
| 922 | as having a program specifically designed to provide a full |
| 923 | range of medical and specialty services to patients with |
| 924 | hematologic and oncologic disorders. |
| 925 | (2) PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY CARE CENTER PROGRAM; |
| 926 | AUTHORITY.--The department may designate is authorized to make |
| 927 | grants and reimbursements to designated centers and provide |
| 928 | funding to establish and maintain programs for the care of |
| 929 | patients with hematologic and oncologic disorders. Program |
| 930 | administration costs shall be paid by the department from funds |
| 931 | appropriated for this purpose. |
| 932 | (3) GRANT FUNDING CONTRACTS GRANT AGREEMENTS; |
| 933 | CONDITIONS.-- |
| 934 | (a) Funding provided A grant made under this section shall |
| 935 | be pursuant to a contract contractual agreement made between a |
| 936 | center and the department. Each contract agreement shall provide |
| 937 | that patients will receive services specified types of treatment |
| 938 | and care from the center without additional charge to the |
| 939 | patients or their parents or guardians. Grants shall be |
| 940 | disbursed in accordance with conditions set forth in the |
| 941 | disbursement guidelines. |
| 942 | (4) GRANT DISBURSEMENTS AND SPECIAL DISBURSEMENTS FOR |
| 943 | LOCAL PROGRAMS.-- |
| 944 | (b)(a) Funding may be provided Grant disbursements may be |
| 945 | made to centers that which meet the following criteria: |
| 946 | 1. The personnel shall include at least one board- |
| 947 | certified pediatric hematologist-oncologist, at least one board- |
| 948 | certified pediatric surgeon, at least one board-certified |
| 949 | radiotherapist, and at least one board-certified pathologist. |
| 950 | 2. As approved by the department, The center shall |
| 951 | actively participate in a national children's cancer study |
| 952 | group, maintain a pediatric tumor registry, have a |
| 953 | multidisciplinary pediatric tumor board, and meet other |
| 954 | guidelines for development, including, but not limited to, |
| 955 | guidelines from such organizations as the American Academy of |
| 956 | Pediatrics and the American Pediatric Surgical Association. |
| 957 | (b) Programs shall also be established to provide care to |
| 958 | hematology-oncology patients within each district of the |
| 959 | department. The guidelines for local programs shall be |
| 960 | formulated by the department. Special disbursements may be made |
| 961 | by the program office to centers for educational programs |
| 962 | designed for the districts of the department. These programs may |
| 963 | include teaching total supportive care of the dying patient and |
| 964 | his or her family, home therapy to hemophiliacs and patients |
| 965 | with other hemostatic disorders, and screening and counseling |
| 966 | for patients with sickle-cell anemia or other |
| 967 | hemoglobinopathies. |
| 968 | (4)(5) PROGRAM AND PEER REVIEW.--The department shall |
| 969 | evaluate at least annually during the grant period the services |
| 970 | rendered by the centers and the districts of the department. |
| 971 | Data from the centers and other sources relating to pediatric |
| 972 | cancer shall be reviewed annually by the Florida Association of |
| 973 | Pediatric Tumor Programs, Inc.; and a written report with |
| 974 | recommendations shall be made to the department. This database |
| 975 | will be available to the department for program planning and |
| 976 | quality assurance initiatives formulation of its annual program |
| 977 | and financial evaluation report. A portion of the funds |
| 978 | appropriated for this section may be used to provide statewide |
| 979 | consultation, supervision, and evaluation of the programs of the |
| 980 | centers, as well as central program office support personnel. |
| 981 | Section 27. Paragraph (g) of subsection (2) and subsection |
| 982 | (7) of section 385.207, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 983 | 385.207 Care and assistance of persons with epilepsy; |
| 984 | establishment of programs in epilepsy control.-- |
| 985 | (2) The Department of Health shall: |
| 986 | (g) Continue current programs and develop cooperative |
| 987 | programs and services designed to enhance the vocational |
| 988 | rehabilitation of epilepsy clients, including the current jobs |
| 989 | programs. The department shall, as part of its contract with a |
| 990 | provider of epilepsy services, collect information regarding the |
| 991 | number of clients served, the outcomes reached, the expenses |
| 992 | incurred, and the fees collected by such providers for the |
| 993 | provision of services keep and make this information available |
| 994 | to the Governor and the Legislature upon request information |
| 995 | regarding the number of clients served, the outcome reached, and |
| 996 | the expense incurred by such programs and services. |
| 997 | (7) The department shall limit total administrative |
| 998 | expenditures from the Epilepsy Services Trust Fund to 5 percent |
| 999 | of annual receipts. |
| 1000 | Section 28. Paragraphs (b), (d), and (g) of subsection (2) |
| 1001 | and paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 385.210, Florida |
| 1002 | Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 1003 | 385.210 Arthritis prevention and education.-- |
| 1004 | (2) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.--The Legislature finds the |
| 1005 | following: |
| 1006 | (b) Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in the |
| 1007 | United States, limiting daily activities for more than 19 7 |
| 1008 | million citizens. |
| 1009 | (d) There are enormous economic and social costs |
| 1010 | associated with treating arthritis and its complications; the |
| 1011 | economic costs are estimated at over $128 billion (2003) $116 |
| 1012 | billion (1997) annually in the United States. |
| 1013 | (g) The National Arthritis Foundation, the CDC Centers for |
| 1014 | Disease Control and Prevention, and the Association of State and |
| 1015 | Territorial Health Officials have led the development of a |
| 1016 | public health strategy, the National Arthritis Action Plan, to |
| 1017 | respond to this challenge. |
| 1018 | (5) FUNDING.-- |
| 1019 | (b) The State Surgeon General may shall seek any federal |
| 1020 | waiver or waivers that may be necessary to maximize funds from |
| 1021 | the Federal Government to implement this program. |
| 1022 | Section 29. Section 385.301, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 1023 | to read: |
| 1024 | 385.301 Rulemaking authority.--The department may adopt |
| 1025 | rules pursuant to chapter 120 to administer this chapter. |
| 1026 | Section 30. Paragraph (l) of subsection (4) of section |
| 1027 | 400.9905, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 1028 | 400.9905 Definitions.-- |
| 1029 | (4) "Clinic" means an entity at which health care services |
| 1030 | are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for |
| 1031 | reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a |
| 1032 | portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part, the term |
| 1033 | does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do |
| 1034 | not apply to: |
| 1035 | (l) Orthotic, or prosthetic, pediatric cardiological, or |
| 1036 | perinatological clinical facilities that are a publicly traded |
| 1037 | corporation or that are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by |
| 1038 | a publicly traded corporation. As used in this paragraph, a |
| 1039 | publicly traded corporation is a corporation that issues |
| 1040 | securities traded on an exchange registered with the United |
| 1041 | States Securities and Exchange Commission as a national |
| 1042 | securities exchange. |
| 1043 | Section 31. Subsection (9) of section 409.904, Florida |
| 1044 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 1045 | 409.904 Optional payments for eligible persons.--The |
| 1046 | agency may make payments for medical assistance and related |
| 1047 | services on behalf of the following persons who are determined |
| 1048 | to be eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical |
| 1049 | eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law. Payment on |
| 1050 | behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the |
| 1051 | availability of moneys and any limitations established by the |
| 1052 | General Appropriations Act or chapter 216. |
| 1053 | (9) Eligible women with incomes at or below 200 percent of |
| 1054 | the federal poverty level and under age 65, for cancer treatment |
| 1055 | pursuant to the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention |
| 1056 | and Treatment Act of 2000, screened through the Mary Brogan |
| 1057 | Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program established |
| 1058 | under s. 385.2021 s. 381.93. |
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