Florida Senate - 2011 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1312
Barcode 340894
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RS .
03/28/2011 .
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The Committee on Agriculture (Siplin) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 279 and 280
4 insert:
5 Section 8. (1) Each school district shall implement and
6 administer a policy for the care of students who are at risk for
7 anaphylaxis based on guidelines developed by the State Surgeon
8 General in consultation with a task force appointed by the State
9 Surgeon General.
10 (2) The guidelines described in subsection (1) do not
11 supersede a school district’s plan regarding the care of
12 students who are at risk for anaphylaxis which was implemented
13 before the development of the guidelines to the extent the
14 school district’s plan is consistent with the guidelines.
15 (3)(a) By October 1, 2011, the State Surgeon General shall
16 appoint members to serve on a task force to consult with the
17 State Surgeon General on developing guidelines for the care of
18 students who are at risk for anaphylaxis. The State Surgeon
19 General, or his or her designee, shall be a nonvoting, ex
20 officio member of the task force and shall act as chair. The
21 Department of Health shall provide staff support for the task
22 force. The task force shall consist of the following members:
23 1. One member from the Department of Health;
24 2. One member from the Department of Education;
25 3. One member from the Florida Association of School
26 Nurses;
27 4. One member from the Food Allergy Initiative;
28 5. One member from the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis
29 Network;
30 6. One physician who is licensed to practice medicine in
31 this state and is a member of the American Academy of Allergy,
32 Asthma, and Immunology; and
33 7. Two persons who are parents of a child that attends a
34 public school and is at risk for anaphylaxis.
35 (b) Members of the task force shall serve without
36 compensation, but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and
37 travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061, Florida Statutes.
38 (c) The task force shall meet at least twice a year or upon
39 the call of the chair.
40 (4) The purpose of the task force is to develop guidelines
41 for the care of students who are at risk for anaphylaxis.
42 (5) By June 30, 2012, the task force shall provide a report
43 to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
44 House of Representatives, and the Commissioner of Education
45 which contains a summary of the work of the task force during
46 the year and the recommendations and guidelines developed in
47 accordance with the task force’s purpose as provided in
48 subsection (4). Upon submission of its report, the task force is
49 abolished and this section expires.
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52 And the title is amended as follows:
53 Delete lines 2 - 35
54 and insert:
55 An act relating to the health of public-school
56 students; providing a short title; transferring and
57 reassigning functions and responsibilities, including
58 records, personnel, property, and unexpended balances
59 of appropriations and other resources for the
60 administration of the school food and nutrition
61 programs from the Department of Education to the
62 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
63 creating s. 570.98, F.S.; requiring the Department of
64 Agriculture and Consumer Services to conduct,
65 supervise, and administer all school food and
66 nutrition programs; requiring the department to
67 cooperate fully with the United States Government;
68 authorizing the department to act as agent of, or
69 contract with, the Federal Government, other state
70 agencies, or any county or municipal government for
71 the administration of the school food and nutrition
72 programs; transferring, renumbering, and amending s.
73 1006.06, F.S., relating to school food service
74 programs; conforming provisions to changes made by the
75 act; deleting obsolete provisions; transferring,
76 renumbering, and amending ss. 1006.0606 and 1010.77,
77 F.S., relating to the children’s summer nutrition
78 program and the Food and Nutrition Services Trust
79 Fund, respectively; conforming provisions to changes
80 made by the act; deleting obsolete provisions;
81 amending s. 1003.453, F.S.; requiring each school
82 district to send an updated copy of its wellness
83 policy and physical education policy to the Department
84 of Education and the Department of Agriculture and
85 Consumer Services; deleting obsolete provisions;
86 requiring certain information to be accessible from
87 the website of the Department of Agriculture and
88 Consumer Services; requiring each school district to
89 implement and administer a policy for the care of
90 students who are at risk for anaphylaxis based on
91 guidelines developed by the State Surgeon General in
92 consultation with a task force appointed by the State
93 Surgeon General; providing that, under certain
94 circumstances, such guidelines do not supersede a
95 school district’s plan implemented before the
96 development of the guidelines; requiring the State
97 Surgeon General to appoint members to a task force to
98 consult with the State Surgeon General on developing
99 guidelines for the care of students who are at risk
100 for anaphylaxis; providing for membership,
101 reimbursement, meeting times, and purpose of the task
102 force; requiring the task force to submit a report by
103 a specified date to the Governor, the Legislature, and
104 the Commissioner of Education; providing for
105 termination of the task force; providing an effective
106 date.