Florida Senate - 2022                              CS for SB 306
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and
       Senators Berman, Perry, and Bracy
       
       
       
       
       586-02808-22                                           2022306c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders;
    3         amending s. 393.063, F.S.; revising the definition of
    4         the term “developmental disability” to include fetal
    5         alcohol spectrum disorders; defining the term “fetal
    6         alcohol spectrum disorders”; amending s. 1002.394,
    7         F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the
    8         act; providing an effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   11  
   12         Section 1. Present subsections (18) through (46) of section
   13  393.063, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (19)
   14  through (47), respectively, a new subsection (18) is added to
   15  that section, and subsection (12) of that section is amended, to
   16  read:
   17         393.063 Definitions.—For the purposes of this chapter, the
   18  term:
   19         (12) “Developmental disability” means a disorder or
   20  syndrome that is attributable to intellectual disability,
   21  cerebral palsy, autism, spina bifida, Down syndrome, Phelan
   22  McDermid syndrome, or Prader-Willi syndrome, or a fetal alcohol
   23  spectrum disorder; that manifests before the age of 18; and that
   24  constitutes a substantial handicap that can reasonably be
   25  expected to continue indefinitely.
   26         (18) “Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders” means the range of
   27  adverse effects that can occur in an individual who is
   28  prenatally exposed to alcohol and that may include physical,
   29  mental, behavioral, and learning disabilities associated with
   30  possible lifelong implications.
   31         Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
   32  1002.394, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   33         1002.394 The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program.—
   34         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
   35         (d) “Disability” means, for a 3- or 4-year-old child or for
   36  a student in kindergarten to grade 12, autism spectrum disorder,
   37  as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
   38  Disorders, Fifth Edition, published by the American Psychiatric
   39  Association; cerebral palsy, as defined in s. 393.063; Down
   40  syndrome, as defined in s. 393.063; an intellectual disability,
   41  as defined in s. 393.063; a speech impairment; a language
   42  impairment; an orthopedic impairment; an other health
   43  impairment; an emotional or a behavioral disability; a specific
   44  learning disability, including, but not limited to, dyslexia,
   45  dyscalculia, or developmental aphasia; Phelan-McDermid syndrome,
   46  as defined in s. 393.063; Prader-Willi syndrome, as defined in
   47  s. 393.063; spina bifida, as defined in s. 393.063; a fetal
   48  alcohol spectrum disorder, as defined in s. 393.063; being a
   49  high-risk child, as defined in s. 393.063(24)(a) s.
   50  393.063(23)(a); muscular dystrophy; Williams syndrome; rare
   51  diseases which affect patient populations of fewer than 200,000
   52  individuals in the United States, as defined by the National
   53  Organization for Rare Disorders; anaphylaxis; a hearing
   54  impairment, including deafness; a visual impairment, including
   55  blindness; traumatic brain injury; hospital or homebound; or
   56  identification as dual sensory impaired, as defined by rules of
   57  the State Board of Education and evidenced by reports from local
   58  school districts. The term “hospital or homebound” includes a
   59  student who has a medically diagnosed physical or psychiatric
   60  condition or illness, as defined by the state board in rule, and
   61  who is confined to the home or hospital for more than 6 months.
   62         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.