Florida Senate - 2011 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1282
Barcode 486620
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 2/AD/2R .
05/05/2011 07:23 PM .
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Senator Storms moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 381.9315, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 381.9315 Gynecologic and ovarian cancer education and
8 awareness.—
9 (1) This section may be cited as the “Kelly Smith
10 Gynecologic and Ovarian Cancer Education and Awareness Act.”
11 (2) The department shall encourage health care providers,
12 including, but not limited to, hospitals, birthing facilities,
13 county health departments, physicians, midwives, and nurses, to
14 disseminate and display information about gynecologic cancers,
15 including the signs and symptoms, risk factors, benefits of
16 early detection through appropriate diagnostic testing, and
17 treatment options.
18 (3) The department shall encourage women to discuss the
19 risks of gynecologic cancers with their health care providers.
20 (4) The State Surgeon General shall make publicly
21 available, by posting on the Internet website of the Department
22 of Health, resources and an Internet website link to the federal
23 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website for
24 gynecologic cancer information.
25 (5) The department is encouraged to seek any available
26 grants from private or federal sources to promote gynecologic
27 cancer awareness, including, but not limited to, early warning
28 signs and risk factors associated with gynecologic cancers.
29 (6) The department is encouraged to collaborate with other
30 agencies, organizations, and institutions to create a systematic
31 approach to increasing public awareness regarding gynecologic
32 cancers.
33 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
34 1004.435, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
35 1004.435 Cancer control and research.—
36 (4) FLORIDA CANCER CONTROL AND RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL;
37 CREATION; COMPOSITION.—
38 (a) There is created within the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
39 Center and Research Institute, Inc., the Florida Cancer Control
40 and Research Advisory Council. The council shall consist of 35
41 34 members, which includes the chairperson, all of whom must be
42 residents of this state. All members, except those appointed by
43 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of
44 the Senate, must be appointed by the Governor. At least one of
45 the members appointed by the Governor must be 60 years of age or
46 older. One member must be a representative of the American
47 Cancer Society; one member must be a representative of the
48 Florida Tumor Registrars Association; one member must be a
49 representative of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center of
50 the University of Miami; one member must be a representative of
51 the Department of Health; one member must be a representative of
52 the University of Florida Shands Cancer Center; one member must
53 be a representative of the Agency for Health Care
54 Administration; one member must be a representative of the
55 Florida Nurses Association; one member must be a representative
56 of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association; one member must
57 be a representative of the American College of Surgeons; one
58 member must be a representative of the School of Medicine of the
59 University of Miami; one member must be a representative of the
60 College of Medicine of the University of Florida; one member
61 must be a representative of NOVA Southeastern College of
62 Osteopathic Medicine; one member must be a representative of the
63 College of Medicine of the University of South Florida; one
64 member must be a representative of the College of Public Health
65 of the University of South Florida; one member must be a
66 representative of the Florida Society of Clinical Oncology; one
67 member must be a representative of the Florida Obstetric and
68 Gynecologic Society who has had training in the specialty of
69 gynecologic oncology; one member must be a representative of the
70 Florida Ovarian Cancer Alliance Speaks (FOCAS) organization; one
71 member must be a representative of the Florida Medical
72 Association; one member must be a member of the Florida
73 Pediatric Society; one member must be a representative of the
74 Florida Radiological Society; one member must be a
75 representative of the Florida Society of Pathologists; one
76 member must be a representative of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
77 Center and Research Institute, Inc.; three members must be
78 representatives of the general public acting as consumer
79 advocates; one member must be a member of the House of
80 Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of
81 Representatives; one member must be a member of the Senate
82 appointed by the President of the Senate; one member must be a
83 representative of the Florida Dental Association; one member
84 must be a representative of the Florida Hospital Association;
85 one member must be a representative of the Association of
86 Community Cancer Centers; one member shall be a representative
87 from a statutory teaching hospital affiliated with a community
88 based cancer center; one member must be a representative of the
89 Florida Association of Pediatric Tumor Programs, Inc.; one
90 member must be a representative of the Cancer Information
91 Service; one member must be a representative of the Florida
92 Agricultural and Mechanical University Institute of Public
93 Health; and one member must be a representative of the Florida
94 Society of Oncology Social Workers. Of the members of the
95 council appointed by the Governor, at least 10 must be
96 individuals who are minority persons as defined by s.
97 288.703(3).
98 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
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100 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
101 And the title is amended as follows:
102 Delete everything before the enacting clause
103 and insert:
104 A bill to be entitled
105 An act relating to women’s health; creating s.
106 381.9315, F.S.; creating the “Kelly Smith Gynecologic
107 and Ovarian Cancer Education and Awareness Act”;
108 requiring the Department of Health to disseminate and
109 display information about gynecologic cancers;
110 requiring the department to encourage women to discuss
111 risks of gynecologic cancers with their health care
112 providers; requiring the State Surgeon General to post
113 a link to gynecologic cancer information on the
114 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Internet
115 website; encouraging the department to seek any
116 available funds to promote gynecologic cancer
117 awareness; encouraging the department to collaborate
118 with other entities to create a systematic approach to
119 increasing public awareness regarding gynecologic
120 cancers; amending s. 1004.435, F.S.; increasing the
121 membership of the Florida Cancer Control and Research
122 Advisory Council; providing an effective date.
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124 WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the State of Florida to
125 reduce the number of women dying prematurely from cancer and
126 other deadly diseases through education, research, better health
127 care, and other means, and
128 WHEREAS, a coordinated education and awareness program
129 developed by the department is needed to reduce the number of
130 women in the state who die from gynecologic cancers, and
131 WHEREAS, each year in Florida more than 4,500 women are
132 diagnosed with and 1,700 women die from gynecologic cancers, and
133 WHEREAS, ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other
134 gynecologic cancer and ranks fourth as a cause of cancer deaths
135 among women in the state, and
136 WHEREAS, when ovarian cancer is found and treated in its
137 earliest stages, the 5-year survival rate is 95 percent, and
138 WHEREAS, most women who suffer from ovarian cancer are not
139 diagnosed until the later stages when the disease has spread and
140 the 5-year survival rate is decreased to 46 percent, and
141 WHEREAS, approximately half of deaths from ovarian cancer
142 occur in women over the age of 55 and approximately one-quarter
143 of deaths from ovarian cancer occur in women between 35 and 54
144 years of age, and
145 WHEREAS, because early detection and treatment often mean
146 the difference between life and death, it is important to
147 increase awareness of the factors that put women at a higher
148 risk for gynecologic cancers and educate women regarding the
149 symptoms of ovarian and other forms of gynecologic cancers and
150 the range of treatment options available to them, NOW,
151 THEREFORE,