Florida Senate - 2025 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 958
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AD/2R .
04/09/2025 03:55 PM .
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Senator Bernard moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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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 this 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 early learning coalition, school
13 district, and 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 early learning
18 coalition, school district, and charter school for the
19 notification of the parents or guardians of 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. Subsection (5) of section 1002.53, Florida
35 Statutes, is amended to read:
36 1002.53 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program;
37 eligibility and enrollment.—
38 (5) The early learning coalition shall provide each parent
39 enrolling a child in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education
40 Program with a profile of every private prekindergarten provider
41 and public school delivering the program within the county where
42 the child is being enrolled. The profiles shall be provided to
43 parents in a format prescribed by the department in accordance
44 with s. 1002.92(3). The early learning coalition must also
45 annually notify parents and guardians of the availability of
46 informational materials for the early detection of Type 1
47 diabetes pursuant to s. 381.992.
48 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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51 And the title is amended as follows:
52 Delete everything before the enacting clause
53 and insert:
54 A bill to be entitled
55 An act relating to a Type 1 diabetes early detection
56 program; creating s. 381.992, F.S.; requiring the
57 Department of Health, in collaboration with school
58 districts throughout this state, to develop
59 informational materials for the early detection of
60 Type 1 diabetes for parents and guardians of certain
61 students; providing requirements for such
62 informational materials; amending s. 1002.53, F.S.;
63 requiring early learning coalitions to notify parents
64 and guardians of the availability of such
65 informational materials; providing an effective date.