Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 1436
       
       
        
       By Senator Gibson
       
       
       
       
       
       6-01246A-19                                           20191436__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Closing the Gap grant proposals;
    3         amending s. 381.7354, F.S.; removing provisions
    4         related to Front Porch Florida Communities; amending
    5         s. 381.7355, F.S.; adding a priority area that may be
    6         addressed in a Closing the Gap grant proposal;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Section 381.7354, Florida Statutes, is amended
   12  to read:
   13         381.7354 Eligibility.—
   14         (1) Any person, entity, or organization within a county may
   15  apply for a Closing the Gap grant and may serve as the lead
   16  agency to administer and coordinate project activities within
   17  the county and develop community partnerships necessary to
   18  implement the grant.
   19         (2) Persons, entities, or organizations within adjoining
   20  counties with populations of less than 100,000, based on the
   21  annual estimates produced by the Population Program of the
   22  University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research,
   23  may jointly submit a multicounty Closing the Gap grant proposal.
   24  However, the proposal must clearly identify a single lead agency
   25  with respect to program accountability and administration.
   26         (3) In addition to the grants awarded under subsections (1)
   27  and (2), up to 20 percent of the funding for the Reducing Racial
   28  and Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the Gap grant program
   29  shall be dedicated to projects that address improving racial and
   30  ethnic health status within specific Front Porch Florida
   31  Communities.
   32         (4) Nothing in ss. 381.7351-381.7356 shall prevent a
   33  person, entity, or organization within a county or group of
   34  counties from separately contracting for the provision of racial
   35  and ethnic health promotion, health awareness, and disease
   36  prevention services.
   37         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 381.7355, Florida
   38  Statutes, is amended to read:
   39         381.7355 Project requirements; review criteria.—
   40         (2) A proposal must include each of the following elements:
   41         (a) The purpose and objectives of the proposal, including
   42  identification of the particular racial or ethnic disparity the
   43  project will address. The proposal must address one or more of
   44  the following priority areas:
   45         1. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and
   46  infant mortality rates.
   47         2. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   48  and mortality rates relating to cancer.
   49         3. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   50  and mortality rates relating to HIV/AIDS.
   51         4. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   52  and mortality rates relating to cardiovascular disease.
   53         5. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   54  and mortality rates relating to diabetes.
   55         6. Increasing adult and child immunization rates in certain
   56  racial and ethnic populations.
   57         7. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in oral health
   58  care.
   59         8. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   60  and mortality rates relating to sickle cell disease.
   61         9. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   62  and mortality rates relating to Lupus.
   63         10. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity
   64  and mortality rates relating to Alzheimer’s disease and
   65  dementia.
   66         11.10. Improve neighborhood social determinants of health,
   67  such as transportation, safety, and food access, as outlined by
   68  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Tools for
   69  Putting Social Determinants of Health into Action.”
   70         (b) Identification and relevance of the target population.
   71         (c) Methods for obtaining baseline health status data and
   72  assessment of community health needs.
   73         (d) Mechanisms for mobilizing community resources and
   74  gaining local commitment.
   75         (e) Development and implementation of health promotion and
   76  disease prevention interventions.
   77         (f) Mechanisms and strategies for evaluating the project’s
   78  objectives, procedures, and outcomes.
   79         (g) A proposed work plan, including a timeline for
   80  implementing the project.
   81         (h) Likelihood that project activities will occur and
   82  continue in the absence of funding.
   83         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.