Florida Senate - 2014 SB 1412 By Senator Joyner 19-01229-14 20141412__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Closing the Gap grant program; 3 amending s. 381.7355, F.S.; adding a requirement for 4 project proposals under the grant program to address 5 racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity and 6 mortality rates relating to sickle cell disease; 7 providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 12 381.7355, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 381.7355 Project requirements; review criteria.— 14 (2) A proposal must include each of the following elements: 15 (a) The purpose and objectives of the proposal, including 16 identification of the particular racial or ethnic disparity the 17 project will address. The proposal must address one or more of 18 the following priority areas: 19 1. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and 20 infant mortality rates. 21 2. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 22 and mortality rates relating to cancer. 23 3. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 24 and mortality rates relating to HIV/AIDS. 25 4. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 26 and mortality rates relating to cardiovascular disease. 27 5. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 28 and mortality rates relating to diabetes. 29 6. Increasing adult and child immunization rates in certain 30 racial and ethnic populations. 31 7. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in oral health 32 care. 33 8. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 34 and mortality rates relating to sickle cell disease. 35 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.