Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 514
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Young) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (13) is added to section 381.0041,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         381.0041 Donation and transfer of human tissue; testing
    8  requirements.—
    9         (13) The department shall develop an educational pamphlet
   10  that contains information on the risks and benefits of human
   11  cell, tissue, and cellular- and tissue-based product
   12  transplants. The department shall publish the pamphlet on its
   13  website and shall electronically notify physicians when the
   14  pamphlet becomes available. At a minimum, the pamphlet must
   15  include all of the following:
   16         (a) An overview of the infectious disease transmission
   17  risks associated with a transplant.
   18         (b) A summary of the standards for the testing and
   19  screening of donors.
   20         (c) A summary of processing methods that are used to reduce
   21  the risk of transmission of bacteria and infectious diseases in
   22  donated human cells, tissues, and cellular- and tissue-based
   23  products before transplantation.
   24         (d) A statement acknowledging the importance of limiting
   25  information provided to the supplier of the human cells, tissue,
   26  or cellular- or tissue-based product on the recipient of the
   27  transplant.
   28         (e) A statement acknowledging the generosity of donors of
   29  human cells, tissues, and cellular- and tissue-based products.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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   33  And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   35  and insert:
   36                        A bill to be entitled                      
   37         An act relating to transplant of human tissue;
   38         amending s. 381.0041, F.S.; requiring the Department
   39         of Health to develop and publish an educational
   40         pamphlet which contains certain information on the
   41         risks and benefits of transplants; requiring the
   42         department to notify physicians of the availability of
   43         the pamphlet; providing an effective date.