Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 414
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/08/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 71 - 152
    4  and insert:
    5         (UFPDC) shall establish the UFPDC Prostate Cancer Advisory
    6  Council and lead the advisory council in developing and
    7  implementing strategies to improve outreach and education and
    8  thereby reduce the number of patients who develop prostate
    9  cancer. A prostate cancer advisory committee is created to
   10  advise and assist the Department of Health and the Florida
   11  Public Health Institute, Inc., in implementing the program.
   12         (a) The Executive Director of the University of Florida
   13  Prostate Disease Center shall appoint, in consultation with the
   14  Department of Health’s Comprehensive Cancer Control Program and
   15  the State Surgeon General, a geographically and institutionally
   16  diverse advisory council, which shall appoint the advisory
   17  committee members, who shall consist of:
   18         1. Two Three persons from prostate cancer survivor groups
   19  or cancer-related advocacy groups.
   20         2. Four Three persons, one of whom is a physician licensed
   21  under chapter 458, one of whom is a physician licensed under
   22  chapter 459, one of whom is a scientist, and one of whom is the
   23  Executive Director of the University of Florida Prostate Disease
   24  Center or a designee who are scientists or clinicians from
   25  public universities or research organizations.
   26         3. Three persons who are engaged in the practice of a
   27  cancer-related medical specialty from health organizations
   28  committed to cancer research and control.
   29         (b) Members shall serve as volunteers without compensation
   30  but are entitled to reimbursement, pursuant to s. 112.061, for
   31  per diem and travel expenses incurred in the performance of
   32  their official duties.
   33         (c) Each member of the advisory council shall be appointed
   34  to a 4-year term; however, for the purpose of providing
   35  staggered terms, of the initial appointments, four members shall
   36  be appointed to 2-year terms and four members shall be appointed
   37  to 4-year terms. The remaining seat shall be filled by the
   38  Executive Director of the University of Florida Prostate Disease
   39  Center or a designee.
   40         (d) The advisory council shall meet annually and at other
   41  times at the call of the Executive Director of the University of
   42  Florida Prostate Disease Center or by a majority vote of the
   43  members of the advisory council.
   44         (e) Five of the members of the advisory council constitute
   45  a quorum, and an affirmative vote of a majority of the members
   46  present is required for final action.
   47         (f) The advisory council shall:
   48         1. Present prostate-cancer-related policy recommendations
   49  to the Department of Health and other appropriate governmental
   50  entities.
   51         2. Verify the accuracy of prostate cancer information
   52  disseminated to the public.
   53         3. Develop effective communication channels among all
   54  private and public entities in the state involved in prostate
   55  cancer education, research, treatment, and patient advocacy.
   56         4. Plan, develop, and implement activities designed to
   57  heighten awareness and educate residents of the state,
   58  especially those in underserved areas, regarding the importance
   59  of prostate cancer awareness.
   60         5. Disseminate information about recent progress in
   61  prostate cancer research and the availability of clinical
   62  trials.
   63         6. Minimize health disparities through outreach and
   64  education.
   65         7. Communicate best practices principles to physicians
   66  involved in the care of patients with prostate cancer.
   67         8. Establish a communication platform for patients and
   68  their advocates.
   69         9. Solicit grants or philanthropic funding to conduct an
   70  annual prostate cancer symposium that brings physicians,
   71  researchers, community leaders, prostate cancer survivors, and
   72  prostate cancer advocates together to highlight recent advances
   73  in prostate cancer research, clinical trials, and best practices
   74  used for the prevention of the prostate cancer and to promote
   75  strategies for successful rural and urban outreach, community
   76  education, and increased awareness.
   77         10. Submit and present an annual report to the Governor,
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   81         And the title is amended as follows:
   82         Delete lines 7 - 32
   83  and insert:
   84         other organizations and institutions, to increase
   85         community education and public awareness of prostate
   86         cancer; requiring the University of Florida Prostate
   87         Disease Center to establish an advisory council to
   88         replace the existing advisory committee; providing for
   89         membership and duties of the advisory council;
   90         requiring an annual report to the Governor,
   91         Legislature, and State Surgeon General; providing an
   92         effective date.