Florida Senate - 2010 SB 2100
By Senator Wise
5-01538-10 20102100__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to biomedical and social research;
3 repealing ss. 381.85, 381.912, 381.92, and 381.921,
4 F.S., relating to the Florida Biomedical and Social
5 Research Act, the Cervical Cancer Elimination Task
6 Force, and the Florida Cancer Council and the mission
7 and duties of the council; amending ss. 381.855 and
8 381.922, F.S.; deleting provisions and cross
9 references to conform; providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Sections 381.85, 381.912, 381.92, and 381.921,
14 Florida Statutes, are repealed.
15 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section
16 381.855, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
17 381.855 Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate
18 Disease.—
19 (5) There is established within the center an advisory
20 council that shall meet at least annually.
21 (a) The council shall consist of one representative from a
22 Florida not-for-profit institution engaged in basic and clinical
23 biomedical research and education which receives more than $10
24 million in annual grant funding from the National Institutes of
25 Health, to be appointed by the State Surgeon General from a
26 different institution each term, and one representative from and
27 appointed by each of the following entities:
28 1. Enterprise Florida, Inc.
29 2. BioFlorida.
30 3. The Biomedical Research Advisory Council.
31 4. The Florida Medical Foundation.
32 5. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
33 6. The Florida Cancer Council.
34 6.7. The American Cancer Society, Florida Division, Inc.
35 7.8. The American Heart Association.
36 8.9. The American Lung Association of Florida.
37 9.10. The American Diabetes Association, South Coastal
38 Region.
39 10.11. The Alzheimer’s Association.
40 11.12. The Epilepsy Foundation.
41 12.13. The National Parkinson Foundation.
42 13.14. The Florida Public Health Institute, Inc.
43 14.15. The Florida Research Consortium.
44 Section 3. Subsections (2) and (5) of section 381.922,
45 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
46 381.922 William G. “Bill” Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley
47 Cancer Research Program.—
48 (2) The program shall provide grants for cancer research to
49 further the search for cures for cancer.
50 (a) Emphasis shall be given to the goals enumerated in s.
51 381.921, as those goals support the advancement of such cures.
52 (b) Preference may be given to grant proposals that foster
53 collaborations among institutions, researchers, and community
54 practitioners, as such proposals support the advancement of
55 cures through basic or applied research, including clinical
56 trials involving cancer patients and related networks.
57 (5) Funds appropriated for the William G. “Bill” Bankhead,
58 Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program shall be
59 distributed pursuant to this section to provide grants to
60 researchers seeking cures for cancer and cancer-related
61 illnesses, with emphasis given to the goals enumerated in s.
62 381.921. From the total funds appropriated, an amount of up to
63 10 percent may be used for administrative expenses. In the 2009
64 2010 fiscal year, 2.5 percent, not to exceed $25 million, of the
65 revenue deposited into the Health Care Trust Fund pursuant to s.
66 215.5602(12)(a) shall be transferred to the Biomedical Research
67 Trust Fund within the Department of Health for the William G.
68 “Bill” Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program.
69 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.