Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Health Care (Jones) recommended the following
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14 Senate Amendment
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16 page 6, line 20, delete those lines
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19 Section 3. Subsections (5), (6), and (7) of section
20 381.0056, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
21 381.0056 School health services program.--
22 (5)(a) Each county health department shall develop,
23 jointly with the district school board and the local school
24 health advisory committee, a school health services plan; and
25 the plan must shall include, at a minimum, provisions for:
26 1.(a) Health appraisal;
27 2.(b) Records review;
28 3.(c) Nurse assessment;
29 4.(d) Nutrition assessment;
30 5.(e) A preventive dental program;
31 6.(f) Vision screening;
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1 7.(g) Hearing screening;
2 8.(h) Scoliosis screening;
3 9.(i) Growth and development screening;
4 10.(j) Health counseling;
5 11.(k) Referral and followup of suspected or confirmed
6 health problems by the local county health department;
7 12.(l) Meeting emergency health needs in each school;
8 13.(m) County health department personnel to assist
9 school personnel in health education curriculum development;
10 14.(n) Referral of students to appropriate health
11 treatment, in cooperation with the private health community
12 whenever possible;
13 15.(o) Consultation with a student's parent or
14 guardian regarding the need for health attention by the family
15 physician, dentist, or other specialist when definitive
16 diagnosis or treatment is indicated;
17 16.(p) Maintenance of records on incidents of health
18 problems, corrective measures taken, and such other
19 information as may be needed to plan and evaluate health
20 programs; except, however, that provisions in the plan for
21 maintenance of health records of individual students must be
22 in accordance with s. 1002.22;
23 17.(q) Health information which will be provided by
24 the school health nurses, when necessary, regarding the
25 placement of students in exceptional student programs and the
26 reevaluation at periodic intervals of students placed in such
27 programs; and
28 18.(r) Notification to the local nonpublic schools of
29 the school health services program and the opportunity for
30 representatives of the local nonpublic schools to participate
31 in the development of the cooperative health services plan.
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1 (b) Each school health advisory committee must, at a
2 minimum, include members who represent the eight component
3 areas of the Coordinated School Health model as defined by the
4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. School health
5 advisory committees are encouraged to address the eight
6 components of the Coordinated School Health model in the
7 school district's school wellness policy pursuant to s.
8 1003.453.
9 (6) A nonpublic school may request to participate in
10 the school health services program. A nonpublic school
11 voluntarily participating in the school health services
12 program shall:
13 (a) Cooperate with the county health department and
14 district school board in the development of the cooperative
15 health services plan;
16 (b) Make available adequate physical facilities for
17 health services;
18 (c) Provide inservice health training to school
19 personnel;
20 (d) Cooperate with public health personnel in the
21 implementation of the school health services plan;
22 (e) Be subject to health service program reviews by
23 the Department of Health and the Department of Education; and
24 (f) At the beginning of each school year, provide
25 parents and guardians with information concerning ways that
26 they can help their children to be physically active and to
27 eat healthful foods; and
28 (g)(f) At the beginning of each school year, inform
29 parents or guardians in writing that their children who are
30 students in the school will receive specified health services
31 as provided for in the district health services plan. A
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1 student will be exempt from any of these services if his or
2 her parent or guardian requests such exemption in writing.
3 This paragraph shall not be construed to authorize invasive
4 screening; if there is a need for such procedure, the consent
5 of the student's parent or guardian shall be obtained in
6 writing prior to performing the screening. However, the laws
7 and rules relating to contagious or communicable diseases and
8 sanitary matters shall not be violated.
9 (7) The district school board shall:
10 (a) Include health services and health education as
11 part of the comprehensive plan for the school district;
12 (b) Provide inservice health training for school
13 personnel;
14 (c) Make available adequate physical facilities for
15 health services; and
16 (d) At the beginning of each school year, provide
17 parents and guardians with information concerning ways that
18 they can help their children to be physically active and to
19 eat healthful foods; and
20 (e)(d) At the beginning of each school year, inform
21 parents or guardians in writing that their children who are
22 students in the district schools will receive specified health
23 services as provided for in the district health services plan.
24 A student will be exempt from any of these services if his or
25 her parent or guardian requests such exemption in writing.
26 This paragraph shall not be construed to authorize invasive
27 screening; if there is a need for such procedure, the consent
28 of the student's parent or guardian shall be obtained in
29 writing prior to performing the screening. However, the laws
30 and rules relating to contagious or communicable diseases and
31 sanitary matters shall not be violated.
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