CS/HB 1085

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to women's health; creating s. 381.9315,
3	F.S.; creating the "Kelly Smith Gynecologic and Ovarian
4	Cancer Education and Awareness Act"; requiring the
5	Department of Health to disseminate and display
6	information about gynecologic cancers; requiring the
7	department to encourage women to discuss risks of
8	gynecologic cancers with their health care providers;
9	requiring the State Surgeon General to post a link to
10	gynecologic cancer information on the Centers for Disease
11	Control and Prevention's Internet website; encouraging the
12	department to seek any available funds to promote
13	gynecologic cancer awareness; encouraging the department
14	to collaborate with other entities to create a systematic
15	approach to increasing public awareness regarding
16	gynecologic cancers; amending s. 1004.435, F.S.;
17	increasing the membership of the Florida Cancer Control
18	and Research Advisory Council; providing an effective
19	date.
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21	WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the State of Florida to
22	reduce the number of women dying prematurely from cancer and
23	other deadly diseases through education, research, better health
24	care, and other means, and
25	WHEREAS, a coordinated education and awareness program
26	developed by the department is needed to reduce the number of
27	women in the state who die from gynecologic cancers, and
28	WHEREAS, each year in Florida more than 4,500 women are
29	diagnosed with and 1,700 women die from gynecologic cancers, and
30	WHEREAS, ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other
31	gynecologic cancer and ranks fourth as a cause of cancer deaths
32	among women in the state, and
33	WHEREAS, when ovarian cancer is found and treated in its
34	earliest stages, the 5-year survival rate is 95 percent, and
35	WHEREAS, most women who suffer from ovarian cancer are not
36	diagnosed until the later stages when the disease has spread and
37	the 5-year survival rate is decreased to 46 percent, and
38	WHEREAS, approximately half of deaths from ovarian cancer
39	occur in women over the age of 55 and approximately one-quarter
40	of deaths from ovarian cancer occur in women between 35 and 54
41	years of age, and
42	WHEREAS, because early detection and treatment often mean
43	the difference between life and death, it is important to
44	increase awareness of the factors that put women at a higher
45	risk for gynecologic cancers and educate women regarding the
46	symptoms of ovarian and other forms of gynecologic cancers and
47	the range of treatment options available to them, NOW,
48	THEREFORE,
49
50	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
51
52	Section 1.  Section 381.9315, Florida Statutes, is created
53	to read:
54	381.9315  Gynecologic and ovarian cancer education and
55	awareness.-
56	(1)  This section may be cited as the "Kelly Smith
57	Gynecologic and Ovarian Cancer Education and Awareness Act."
58	(2)  The department shall encourage health care providers,
59	including, but not limited to, hospitals, birthing facilities,
60	county health departments, physicians, midwives, and nurses, to
61	disseminate and display information about gynecologic cancers,
62	including the signs and symptoms, risk factors, benefits of
63	early detection through appropriate diagnostic testing, and
64	treatment options.
65	(3)  The department shall encourage women to discuss the
66	risks of gynecologic cancers with their health care providers.
67	(4)  The State Surgeon General shall make publicly
68	available, by posting on the Internet website of the Department
69	of Health, resources and an Internet website link to the federal
70	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website for
71	gynecologic cancer information.
72	(5)  The department is encouraged to seek any available
73	grants from private or federal sources to promote gynecologic
74	cancer awareness, including, but not limited to, early warning
75	signs and risk factors associated with gynecologic cancers.
76	(6)  The department is encouraged to collaborate with other
77	agencies, organizations, and institutions to create a systematic
78	approach to increasing public awareness regarding gynecologic
79	cancers.
80	Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
81	1004.435, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
82	1004.435  Cancer control and research.-
83	(4)  FLORIDA CANCER CONTROL AND RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL;
84	CREATION; COMPOSITION.-
85	(a)  There is created within the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
86	Center and Research Institute, Inc., the Florida Cancer Control
87	and Research Advisory Council. The council shall consist of 35
88	34 members, which includes the chairperson, all of whom must be
89	residents of this state. All members, except those appointed by
90	the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of
91	the Senate, must be appointed by the Governor. At least one of
92	the members appointed by the Governor must be 60 years of age or
93	older. One member must be a representative of the American
94	Cancer Society; one member must be a representative of the
95	Florida Tumor Registrars Association; one member must be a
96	representative of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center of
97	the University of Miami; one member must be a representative of
98	the Department of Health; one member must be a representative of
99	the University of Florida Shands Cancer Center; one member must
100	be a representative of the Agency for Health Care
101	Administration; one member must be a representative of the
102	Florida Nurses Association; one member must be a representative
103	of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association; one member must
104	be a representative of the American College of Surgeons; one
105	member must be a representative of the School of Medicine of the
106	University of Miami; one member must be a representative of the
107	College of Medicine of the University of Florida; one member
108	must be a representative of NOVA Southeastern College of
109	Osteopathic Medicine; one member must be a representative of the
110	College of Medicine of the University of South Florida; one
111	member must be a representative of the College of Public Health
112	of the University of South Florida; one member must be a
113	representative of the Florida Society of Clinical Oncology; one
114	member must be a representative of the Florida Obstetric and
115	Gynecologic Society who has had training in the specialty of
116	gynecologic oncology; one member must be a representative of the
117	Florida Ovarian Cancer Alliance Speaks (FOCAS) organization; one
118	member must be a representative of the Florida Medical
119	Association; one member must be a member of the Florida
120	Pediatric Society; one member must be a representative of the
121	Florida Radiological Society; one member must be a
122	representative of the Florida Society of Pathologists; one
123	member must be a representative of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
124	Center and Research Institute, Inc.; three members must be
125	representatives of the general public acting as consumer
126	advocates; one member must be a member of the House of
127	Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of
128	Representatives; one member must be a member of the Senate
129	appointed by the President of the Senate; one member must be a
130	representative of the Florida Dental Association; one member
131	must be a representative of the Florida Hospital Association;
132	one member must be a representative of the Association of
133	Community Cancer Centers; one member shall be a representative
134	from a statutory teaching hospital affiliated with a community-
135	based cancer center; one member must be a representative of the
136	Florida Association of Pediatric Tumor Programs, Inc.; one
137	member must be a representative of the Cancer Information
138	Service; one member must be a representative of the Florida
139	Agricultural and Mechanical University Institute of Public
140	Health; and one member must be a representative of the Florida
141	Society of Oncology Social Workers. Of the members of the
142	council appointed by the Governor, at least 10 must be
143	individuals who are minority persons as defined by s.
144	288.703(3).
145	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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