Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 958
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/19/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Bernard) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 381.992, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         381.992 Type 1 diabetes early detection program.—
    8         (1) The Department of Health, in collaboration with school
    9  districts throughout the state, shall develop informational
   10  materials for the early detection of Type 1 diabetes for parents
   11  and guardians of students. The informational materials shall be
   12  made available to each school district, school board, and
   13  charter school through the department’s website.
   14         (2) Within 90 days after July 1, 2025, the department shall
   15  develop the materials related to the early detection of Type 1
   16  diabetes and post the information on its website. The department
   17  shall develop a standardized methodology for each school
   18  district, school board, and charter school for the notification
   19  of the parents or guardians of public school voluntary
   20  prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first-grade students, by
   21  September 30, 2025, and annually thereafter, of the availability
   22  of the Type 1 diabetes early detection materials.
   23         (3) Information provided to parents and guardians shall
   24  include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
   25         (a) A description of Type 1 diabetes.
   26         (b) A description of the risk factors and warning signs
   27  associated with Type 1 diabetes.
   28         (c) A description of the process for screening students for
   29  early detection of Type 1 diabetes using a blood autoantibody
   30  test.
   31         (d) A recommendation for further evaluation for students
   32  displaying warning signs associated with Type 1 diabetes or
   33  positive early detection screening results.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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   36  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   37  And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   39  and insert:
   40                        A bill to be entitled                      
   41         An act relating to a Type 1 diabetes early detection
   42         program; creating s. 381.992, F.S.; requiring the
   43         Department of Health, in collaboration with school
   44         districts throughout the state, to develop
   45         informational materials for the early detection of
   46         Type 1 diabetes for parents and guardians of certain
   47         students; providing requirements for such
   48         informational materials; providing an effective date.