| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to juvenile psychotropic studies; creating |
| 3 | the Center for Juvenile Psychotropic Studies within the |
| 4 | Department of Psychiatry of the College of Medicine of the |
| 5 | University of Florida; providing a purpose; creating an |
| 6 | advisory board; providing the criteria for the board's |
| 7 | membership; providing for appointment of a director; |
| 8 | requiring the center to work with certain agencies; |
| 9 | requiring such agencies to provide certain data relating |
| 10 | to certain dependent minors; requiring the center to |
| 11 | report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and |
| 12 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives; providing for |
| 13 | future repeal and abolition of the center; providing an |
| 14 | effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. (1) The Center for Juvenile Psychotropic |
| 19 | Studies is established within the Department of Psychiatry of |
| 20 | the College of Medicine of the University of Florida for the |
| 21 | purpose of collecting, tracking, and assessing information |
| 22 | regarding dependent minors in state custody who have been or are |
| 23 | currently being prescribed psychotropic medications. |
| 24 | (2) An advisory board is created to periodically and |
| 25 | objectively review and advise the center on all actions taken |
| 26 | pursuant to this act. The membership of the board shall consist |
| 27 | of nine experts in psychiatric health, including the secretaries |
| 28 | of the Department of Children and Family Services, the |
| 29 | Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Agency for Healthcare |
| 30 | Administration, or their designees. The Governor, the President |
| 31 | of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and |
| 32 | the President of the University of Florida shall each appoint |
| 33 | one member. The remaining members of the board shall be |
| 34 | appointed by the Florida Psychiatric Society. |
| 35 | (3) The center shall have a director who shall be |
| 36 | appointed by the Dean of the College of Medicine of the |
| 37 | University of Florida. |
| 38 | (4) The center shall work together with the Department of |
| 39 | Children and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile |
| 40 | Justice, and the Agency for Healthcare Administration, and, to |
| 41 | the extent allowed by the privacy requirements of existing |
| 42 | federal and state law, those agencies shall make available to |
| 43 | the center data regarding such dependent minors, including, but |
| 44 | not limited to: |
| 45 | (a) Demographic information. |
| 46 | (b) Family histories, including, but not limited to, their |
| 47 | involvement with the child welfare or juvenile justice system. |
| 48 | (c) Medical histories. |
| 49 | (d) All information regarding the medications prescribed |
| 50 | or administered, including, but not limited to, information |
| 51 | contained in the medication administration record of each minor. |
| 52 | (e) Practice patterns, licensure, and board certification |
| 53 | of prescribing physicians. |
| 54 | (5) By January 1, 2005, the center shall report its |
| 55 | findings and make recommendations to the President of the |
| 56 | Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the |
| 57 | appropriate Senate and House committee chairs regarding |
| 58 | psychotropic medications as prescribed to dependent minors in |
| 59 | state custody. |
| 60 | (6) The center is abolished and this act is repealed July |
| 61 | 1, 2005. |
| 62 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |