Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 46
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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02/11/2020 .
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The Committee on Health Policy (Farmer) 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. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (3) of
6 section 383.14, Florida Statutes, to read:
7 383.14 Screening for metabolic disorders, other hereditary
8 and congenital disorders, and environmental risk factors.—
9 (3) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; POWERS AND DUTIES.—The department
10 shall administer and provide certain services to implement the
11 provisions of this section and shall:
12 (i) Create and make available electronically a pamphlet
13 with information on screening for, and the treatment of,
14 preventable infant and childhood eye and vision disorders,
15 including, but not limited to, retinoblastoma and amblyopia.
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17 All provisions of this subsection must be coordinated with the
18 provisions and plans established under this chapter, chapter
19 411, and Pub. L. No. 99-457.
20 Section 2. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (3) of
21 section 383.318, Florida Statutes, to read:
22 383.318 Postpartum care for birth center clients and
23 infants.—
24 (3) The birth center shall provide a postpartum evaluation
25 and followup care that includes all of the following:
26 (i) Provision of the informational pamphlet on infant and
27 childhood eye and vision disorders created by the department
28 pursuant to s. 383.14(3)(i).
29 Section 3. Section 395.1053, Florida Statutes, is amended
30 to read:
31 395.1053 Postpartum education.—A hospital that provides
32 birthing services shall incorporate information on safe sleep
33 practices and the possible causes of Sudden Unexpected Infant
34 Death into the hospital’s postpartum instruction on the care of
35 newborns and provide to each parent the informational pamphlet
36 on infant and childhood eye and vision disorders created by the
37 department pursuant to s. 383.14(3)(i).
38 Section 4. Section 456.0496, Florida Statutes, is created
39 to read:
40 456.0496 Provision of information to parents during planned
41 out-of-hospital births.—A health care practitioner who attends
42 an out-of-hospital birth must ensure that the informational
43 pamphlet on infant and childhood eye and vision disorders
44 created by the department pursuant to s. 383.14(3)(i) is
45 provided to each parent after such a birth.
46 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
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48 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
49 And the title is amended as follows:
50 Delete everything before the enacting clause
51 and insert:
52 A bill to be entitled
53 An act relating to eye care for newborns and infants;
54 amending s. 383.14, F.S.; requiring the Department of
55 Health to create and make available electronically a
56 pamphlet with specified information; amending s.
57 383.318, F.S.; requiring birth centers to provide the
58 informational pamphlet to clients during postpartum
59 care; amending s. 395.1053, F.S.; requiring hospitals
60 that provide birthing services to provide the
61 informational pamphlet to parents during postpartum
62 education; creating s. 456.0496, F.S.; requiring
63 certain health care practitioners to ensure that the
64 pamphlet is provided to parents after a planned out
65 of-hospital birth; providing an effective date.