HB 0115 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to infant eye care; amending s. 383.04,
3	F.S.; requiring certain eye examinations for all infants
4	born in hospitals in the state; reenacting s. 383.07,
5	F.S., relating to a penalty; amending ss. 627.6416 and
6	641.31, F.S.; providing that coverage for children under
7	health insurance policies and health maintenance
8	organization contracts include certain eye examinations
9	for infants and children; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. Section 383.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to
14	read:
15	383.04 Prophylactic required for eyes of infants.--Every
16	physician, midwife, or other person in attendance at the birth
17	of a child in the state is required to instill or have instilled
18	into the eyes of the baby within 1 hour after birth an effective
19	prophylactic recommended by the Committee on Infectious Diseases
20	of the American Academy of Pediatrics for the prevention of
21	neonatal ophthalmia.In addition, every baby born in a hospital
22	in the state shall receive, prior to being discharged from the
23	hospital, an eye examination using an opthalmoscope and dilation
24	of the pupils for detection of pediatric congenital and ocular
25	abnormalities.This section does not apply to cases where the
26	parents file with the physician, midwife, or other person in
27	attendance at the birth of a child written objections on account
28	of religious beliefs contrary to the use of drugs. In such case
29	the physician, midwife, or other person in attendance shall
30	maintain a record that such measures were or were not employed
31	and attach thereto any written objection.
32	Section 2. Section 383.07, Florida Statutes, is reenacted
33	to read:
34	383.07 Penalty for violation.--Any person who fails to
35	comply with the provisions of ss. 383.04-383.06 shall be guilty
36	of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in
37	s. 775.083.
38	Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
39	627.6416, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
40	627.6416 Coverage for child health supervision services.--
41	(2) As used in this section, the term "child health
42	supervision services" means physician-delivered or physician-
43	supervised services that include, at a minimum, services
44	delivered at the intervals and scope stated in this section.
45	(a) Child health supervision services must include
46	periodic visits which shall include a history, a physical
47	examination, a developmental assessment and anticipatory
48	guidance,andappropriate immunizations and laboratory tests,
49	and eye examinations at birth, at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and at 6
50	to 9 months of age, using an opthalmoscope and dilation of the
51	pupils for detection of pediatric congenital and ocular
52	abnormalities and developmental abnormalities. Such services
53	and periodic visits shall be provided in accordance with
54	prevailing medical standards consistent with the Recommendations
55	for Preventive Pediatric Health Care of the American Academy of
56	Pediatrics.
57	Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (30) of section
58	641.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
59	641.31 Health maintenance contracts.--
60	(30)
61	(b) As used in this subsection, the term "child health
62	supervision services" means physician-delivered or physician-
63	supervised services that include, at a minimum, services
64	delivered at the intervals and scope stated in this subsection.
65	1. Child health supervision services must include periodic
66	visits which shall include a history, a physical examination, a
67	developmental assessment and anticipatory guidance,and
68	appropriate immunizations and laboratory tests, and eye
69	examinations at birth, at 6 to 8 weeks of age, and at 6 to 9
70	months of age, using an opthalmoscope and dilation of the pupils
71	for detection of pediatric congenital and ocular abnormalities
72	and developmental abnormalities. Such services and periodic
73	visits shall be provided in accordance with prevailing medical
74	standards consistent with the Recommendations for Preventive
75	Pediatric Health Care of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
76	2. Minimum benefits may be limited to one visit payable to
77	one provider for all of the services provided at each visit
78	cited in this subsection.
79	Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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