Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1582
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/20/2024           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
       (Rodriguez) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 264 - 280
    4  and insert:
    5  Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant Program. The
    6  purpose of the program is to advance the progress of research
    7  and cures for pediatric rare diseases by awarding grants through
    8  a competitive, peer-reviewed process.
    9         (b) Subject to an annual appropriation by the Legislature,
   10  the program shall award grants for scientific and clinical
   11  research to further the search for new diagnostics, treatments,
   12  and cures for pediatric rare diseases.
   13         (2)(a) Applications for grants for pediatric rare disease
   14  research may be submitted by any university or established
   15  research institute in the state. All qualified investigators in
   16  the state, regardless of institutional affiliation, shall have
   17  equal access and opportunity to compete for the research
   18  funding. Preference may be given to grant proposals that foster
   19  collaboration among institutions, researchers, and community
   20  practitioners, as such proposals support the advancement of
   21  treatments and cures of pediatric rare diseases through basic or
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   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 15
   26  and insert:
   27         the Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant