Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 804
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/20/2017           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
       (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 312 and 313
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
    6  Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct a study of
    7  current federal and state efforts on, and available
    8  opportunities for, the collecting, sharing, and donating of
    9  electronic health records before or after a patient’s death for
   10  the advancement of medical science. OPPAGA shall identify
   11  available options regarding databases or repositories that will
   12  allow for the collection and distribution of donated electronic
   13  health records for the purpose of advancing the current state of
   14  medicine, including any existing public or private databases or
   15  repositories and any available opportunities for public or
   16  private funding to establish such a database or repository.
   17  OPPAGA shall also study the donation of electronic health
   18  records to identify any existing state or federal legislation or
   19  programs that allow such donations and to identify the benefits
   20  of, and barriers to, establishing such programs in the state of
   21  Florida. OPPAGA shall report its findings and recommendations
   22  for an electronic health records donation process to the
   23  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   24  Representatives no later than December 1, 2017.
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   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 42
   29  and insert:
   30         surrogate; directing the Office of Program Policy
   31         Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to
   32         conduct a study of current federal and state efforts
   33         on, and available opportunities for, the collecting,
   34         sharing, and donating certain electronic health
   35         records for the advancement of medical science;
   36         requiring OPPAGA to identify available options
   37         regarding databases or repositories; directing OPPAGA
   38         to identify any existing state or federal legislation
   39         or programs that allow such donations and identify the
   40         benefits of, and barriers to, establishing such
   41         programs in the state; requiring OPPAGA to report its
   42         findings and recommendations to the Legislature by a
   43         specified date; providing an effective date.