Florida Senate - 2009 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1662
Barcode 789598
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: AD/CR .
05/08/2009 11:57 AM .
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The Conference Committee on CS for SB 1662 recommended the
following:
1 Senate Conference Committee Amendment (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete everything after the enacting clause
5 and insert:
6 Section 1. Present subsections (3), (4), and (5) of section
7 154.02, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4),
8 (5), and (6), respectively, a new subsection (3) is added to
9 that section, and paragraph (b) of present subsection (5) of
10 that section is amended, to read:
11 154.02 County Health Department Trust Fund.—
12 (3) Funds from the County Health Department Trust Fund may
13 be expended by the Department of Health for the respective
14 county health departments in accordance with budgets and plans
15 agreed upon by the county authorities of each county and the
16 Department of Health.
17 (6)(5) At a minimum, the trust fund shall consist of:
18 (b) An emergency reserve of $500,000, derived from an
19 annual assessment on county health department funds based upon
20 their proportionate share of state general revenue, maintained
21 for county health departments to respond to public health
22 emergencies such as epidemics and natural disasters. The
23 emergency reserve shall be increased each July 1 by the increase
24 in the Consumer Price Index that occurred during the previous 12
25 months.
26 Section 2. Section 216.2625, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
27 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 381.0202, Florida
28 Statutes, is amendment to read:
29 381.0202 Laboratory services.—
30 (1) The department shall may establish and maintain, in
31 suitable and convenient places in the state, laboratories for
32 microbiological and chemical analyses and any other purposes it
33 determines necessary for the protection of the public health.
34 Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 381.0203, Florida
35 Statutes, is amended to read:
36 381.0203 Pharmacy services.—
37 (2) The department shall may establish and maintain a
38 pharmacy services program, including, but not limited to:
39 (a) A central pharmacy to support pharmaceutical services
40 provided by the county health departments, including
41 pharmaceutical repackaging, dispensing, and the purchase and
42 distribution of immunizations and other pharmaceuticals.
43 (b) Regulation of drugs, cosmetics, and household products
44 pursuant to chapter 499.
45 (c) Consultation to county health departments as required
46 by s. 154.04(1)(c).
47 (d) A contraception distribution program which shall be
48 implemented, to the extent resources permit, through the
49 licensed pharmacies of county health departments. A woman who is
50 eligible for participation in the contraceptive distribution
51 program is deemed a patient of the county health department.
52 1. To be eligible for participation in the program a woman
53 must:
54 a. Be a client of the department or the Department of
55 Children and Family Services.
56 b. Be of childbearing age with undesired fertility.
57 c. Have an income between 150 and 200 percent of the
58 federal poverty level.
59 d. Have no Medicaid benefits or applicable health insurance
60 benefits.
61 e. Have had a medical examination by a licensed health care
62 provider within the past 6 months.
63 f. Have a valid prescription for contraceptives that are
64 available through the contraceptive distribution program.
65 g. Consent to the release of necessary medical information
66 to the county health department.
67 2. Fees charged for the contraceptives under the program
68 must cover the cost of purchasing and providing contraceptives
69 to women participating in the program.
70 3. The department may adopt rules to administer this
71 program.
72 Section 5. Section 382.003, Florida Statutes, is amended to
73 read:
74 382.003 Powers and duties of the department.—The department
75 shall may:
76 (1) Establish an Office of Vital Statistics under the
77 direction of a State Registrar for the uniform and efficient
78 registration, compilation, storage, and preservation of all
79 vital records in the state.
80 (2) Procure the complete registration of all vital records
81 in each registration district and in the Office of Vital
82 Statistics.
83 (3) Uniformly enforce the law throughout the state.
84 (4) Establish registration districts throughout the state,
85 which districts may be consolidated or subdivided to facilitate
86 registration.
87 (5) Appoint a local registrar of vital statistics for each
88 registration district in the state.
89 (6) Investigate cases of irregularity or violation of law,
90 and all local registrars of vital statistics shall aid the
91 department in such investigations. When necessary, the
92 department shall report cases of violations of any of the
93 provisions of this chapter to the state attorney in the
94 registration district in which the violation occurs.
95 (7) Approve all forms used in registering, recording,
96 certifying, and preserving vital records, or in otherwise
97 carrying out the purposes of this chapter, and no other forms
98 shall be used other than those approved by the department. The
99 department is responsible for the careful examination of the
100 certificates received monthly from the local registrars and
101 marriage certificates and dissolution of marriage reports
102 received from the circuit and county courts. A certificate that
103 is complete and satisfactory shall be accepted and given a state
104 file number and considered a state-filed record. If any such
105 certificates are incomplete or unsatisfactory, the department
106 shall require further information to be supplied as may be
107 necessary to make the record complete and satisfactory. All
108 physicians, midwives, informants, or funeral directors, and all
109 other persons having knowledge of the facts, are required to
110 supply, upon a form approved by the department or upon the
111 original certificate, such information as they may possess
112 regarding any vital record.
113 (8) Prepare and publish an annual report of vital
114 statistics and such other reports as may be required.
115 (9) Appoint one or more suitable persons to act as
116 subregistrars, who shall be authorized to receive death
117 certificates and fetal death certificates and to issue burial
118 permits in and for such portions of one or more districts as may
119 be designated. A subregistrar may be removed from office by the
120 department for neglect of or failure to perform his or her duty
121 in accordance with this chapter.
122 (10) Accept, use, and produce all records, reports, and
123 documents necessary for carrying out the provisions of this
124 chapter, in paper or electronic form, and adopt and enforce all
125 rules necessary for the acceptance, use, production, issuance,
126 recording, maintenance, and processing of such records, reports,
127 and documents, and for carrying out the provisions of ss.
128 382.004-382.0135 and ss. 382.016-382.019.
129 (11) By rule require that forms, documents, and information
130 submitted to the department in the creation or amendment of a
131 vital record be under oath.
132 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
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135 And the title is amended as follows:
136 Delete everything before the enacting clause
137 and insert:
138 A bill to be entitled
139 An act relating to the Department of Health; amending
140 s. 154.02, F.S.; providing for additional uses of
141 funds in the County Health Department Trust Fund;
142 deleting a provision increasing the emergency reserve
143 each year in line with increases in the Consumer Price
144 Index; repealing s. 216.2625, F.S., relating to
145 disbursement of Department of Health trust funds and
146 appropriation of authorized positions; amending s.
147 381.0202, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to
148 establish and maintain laboratories for
149 microbiological and chemical analyses; amending s.
150 381.0203, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to
151 establish and maintain a pharmacy services program:
152 amending s. 382.003, F.S.; requiring the Department of
153 Health to establish an Office of Vital Statistics;
154 providing an effective date.