Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 806
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/26/2022           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Perry)
       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. Section 381.825, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         381.825 Education and public awareness relating to
    8  Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.—
    9         (1) This section may be cited as the “Ramping up Education
   10  of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia for You (READY) Act.”
   11         (2) The Department of Health shall, through existing,
   12  relevant public health and community outreach programs, educate
   13  health care practitioners licensed under chapters 458, 459, and
   14  464 on all of the following:
   15         (a) The importance of early detection and timely diagnosis
   16  of Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.
   17         (b) Using a validated cognitive assessment tool.
   18         (c) The value and effectiveness of the Medicare annual
   19  wellness visit in detecting Alzheimer’s disease and related
   20  forms of dementia.
   21         (d) Using Medicare advance care planning billing codes for
   22  persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.
   23         (e) Reducing the risk of cognitive decline, particularly
   24  among persons in diverse communities who are at greater risk of
   25  developing Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   31  and insert:
   32                        A bill to be entitled                      
   33         An act relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related
   34         forms of dementia education and public awareness;
   35         creating s. 381.825, F.S.; providing a short title;
   36         requiring the Department of Health to educate certain
   37         health care practitioners regarding specified
   38         information related to Alzheimer’s disease and related
   39         forms of dementia; providing an effective date.