Florida Senate - 2019                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 354
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Stargel moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 58 - 79
    4  and insert:
    5         2. The parent or guardian of a child may refuse to have the
    6  child included in the immunization registry by signing an opt
    7  out a form obtained from the department, or from the health care
    8  practitioner or entity that provides the immunization, which
    9  indicates that the parent or guardian does not wish to have the
   10  child included in the immunization registry. The health care
   11  practitioner or entity must offer the opt-out form to the parent
   12  or guardian upon administration of the vaccination and the
   13  parent or guardian may execute the opt-out form for the health
   14  care practitioner or entity at that time, return it at a later
   15  date, or submit the form directly to the department. If the form
   16  is delivered to the health care practitioner or entity, the
   17  practitioner or entity must submit the form to the department.
   18  Any records or identifying information pertaining to the child
   19  must be removed from The decision to not participate in the
   20  immunization registry must be noted in the registry if the
   21  parent or guardian has refused to have his or her child included
   22  in the immunization registry.
   23         3. A college or university student, from 18 years of age to
   24  23 years of age, who obtains a vaccination from a Florida
   25  college or university student health center may refuse to be
   26  included in the immunization registry by signing an opt-out form
   27  obtained from the department or from the Florida college or
   28  university student health center which indicates that the
   29  student does not wish to be included in the immunization
   30  registry. The opt-out form must be provided to the department
   31  and to the health care practitioner upon the administration of
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   33  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete line 9
   36  and insert:
   37         registry; requiring a health care practitioner or
   38         entity to offer an opt-out form to a parent or
   39         guardian for execution; requiring that an executed
   40         form received by a health care practitioner or entity
   41         be submitted to the department; requiring that any
   42         records or identifying information pertaining to a
   43         child or college or university student be removed from
   44         the registry under certain circumstances; providing
   45         requirements for electronic