Florida Senate - 2018                                    SB 1184
       
       
        
       By Senator Gibson
       
       
       
       
       
       6-01248-18                                            20181184__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Closing the Gap grant program;
    3         amending s. 381.7355, F.S.; requiring a Closing the
    4         Gap grant proposal to address racial and ethnic
    5         disparities in morbidity and mortality rates relating
    6         to Lupus; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   11  381.7355, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         381.7355 Project requirements; review criteria.—
   13         (2) A proposal must include each of the following elements:
   14         (a) The purpose and objectives of the proposal, including
   15  identification of the particular racial or ethnic disparity the
   16  project will address. The proposal must address one or more of
   17  the following priority areas:
   18         1. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and
   19  infant mortality rates.
   20         2. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   21  and mortality rates relating to cancer.
   22         3. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   23  and mortality rates relating to HIV/AIDS.
   24         4. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   25  and mortality rates relating to cardiovascular disease.
   26         5. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   27  and mortality rates relating to diabetes.
   28         6. Increasing adult and child immunization rates in certain
   29  racial and ethnic populations.
   30         7. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in oral health
   31  care.
   32         8. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   33  and mortality rates relating to sickle cell disease.
   34         9. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   35  and mortality rates relating to Lupus.
   36         10.9. Improve neighborhood social determinants of health,
   37  such as transportation, safety, and food access, as outlined by
   38  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Tools for
   39  Putting Social Determinants of Health into Action.”
   40         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.