Florida Senate - 2022                              CS for SB 806
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Appropriations; and Senators Perry and
       Stewart
       
       
       
       
       576-02915-22                                           2022806c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related
    3         forms of dementia education and public awareness;
    4         creating s. 381.825, F.S.; providing a short title;
    5         requiring the Department of Health to educate certain
    6         health care practitioners regarding specified
    7         information related to Alzheimer’s disease and related
    8         forms of dementia; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 381.825, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         381.825 Education and public awareness relating to
   15  Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.—
   16         (1) This section may be cited as the “Ramping up Education
   17  of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia for You (READY) Act.”
   18         (2) The Department of Health shall, through existing,
   19  relevant public health and community outreach programs, educate
   20  health care practitioners licensed under chapters 458, 459, and
   21  464 on all of the following:
   22         (a) The importance of early detection and timely diagnosis
   23  of Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.
   24         (b) Using a validated cognitive assessment tool.
   25         (c) The value and effectiveness of the Medicare annual
   26  wellness visit in detecting Alzheimer’s disease and related
   27  forms of dementia.
   28         (d) Using Medicare advance care planning billing codes for
   29  persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.
   30         (e) Reducing the risk of cognitive decline, particularly
   31  among persons in diverse communities who are at greater risk of
   32  developing Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.