Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 436
       
       
        
       By Senator Grall
       
       
       
       
       
       29-00521-24                                            2024436__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a pregnancy and parenting resources
    3         website; creating s. 383.0131, F.S.; requiring the
    4         Department of Health, in consultation with the
    5         Department of Children and Families and the Agency for
    6         Health Care Administration, to maintain a website that
    7         provides information and links to certain pregnancy
    8         and parenting resources; requiring each department and
    9         the agency to provide a clear and conspicuous link to
   10         the website on their respective websites; requiring
   11         the Department of Health to contract with a third
   12         party to develop the website by a specified date;
   13         providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 383.0131, Florida Statutes, is created
   18  to read:
   19         383.0131 Pregnancy and parenting resources website.—
   20         (1) The Department of Health, in consultation with the
   21  Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health
   22  Care Administration, shall maintain a website, distinct from
   23  their own websites, which provides information and links to
   24  public and private resources for expectant families and new
   25  parents, which resources include, but are not limited to:
   26         (a) Educational materials on pregnancy and parenting.
   27         (b) Maternal health services.
   28         (c) Prenatal and postnatal services.
   29         (d) Educational and mentorship programs for fathers.
   30         (e) Social services.
   31         (f) Financial assistance.
   32         (g) Adoption services.
   33         (2) The Department of Health, the Department of Children
   34  and Families, and the Agency for Health Care Administration
   35  shall include a clear and conspicuous link to the website on
   36  their respective websites.
   37         (3) The Department of Health shall contract with a third
   38  party for the development of the website, which must be
   39  operational by January 1, 2025.
   40         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.