Bill > S7070

Introduced Session

An act relating to sickle cell disease research and treatment education; creating s. 381.814, F.S.; creating the Sickle Cell Disease Research and Treatment Grant Program within the Department of Health; defining terms; providing purposes of the program and its long-term goals; requiring the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity within the department to use funds appropriated to the program to award grants to community-based sickle cell disease medical treatment and research centers operating in this state; specifying the types of projects that may be funded under the program; limiting the percentage of grant funding which may be used for administrative expenses; authorizing certain appropriated funds to be carried over for a specified timeframe; specifying duties of the department; requiring the department to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature; specifying requirements for the report; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s. 383.147, F.S.; revising sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait screening requirements; requiring screening providers to notify a newborn’s parent or guardian, rather than the newborn’s primary care physician, of certain information; providing for the ability of the parent or guardian of a newborn to opt out of the newborn’s inclusion in the sickle cell registry; specifying the manner in which a parent or guardian may opt out; requiring the department to notify the parent or guardian of the ability to opt out before including the newborn in the registry; authorizing certain persons other than newborns who have been identified as having sickle cell disease or carrying the sickle cell trait to choose to be included in the department’s sickle cell registry; creating s. 456.0311, F.S.; requiring the applicable licensing boards for specified health care professions to require a 2-hour continuing education course on sickle cell disease care management as part of every second biennial licensure or certification renewal; specifying requirements for the course; specifying the procedure for licensees and certificateholders to submit confirmation of completing the course; authorizing the applicable boards to approve additional equivalent courses to satisfy the requirement; authorizing the applicable boards to include the course hours in the total hours of continuing education required for the applicable profession, with an exception; authorizing health care practitioners holding two or more licenses or certificates subject to the course requirement to show proof of completion of one course to satisfy the requirement for all such licenses or certificates; providing for disciplinary action; authorizing the applicable boards to adopt rules; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Laid on Table, refer to HB 7085 (on 03/06/2024)

Official Document