Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1582
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/28/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Rodriguez) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 755 and 756
    4  insert:
    5         Section 7. Paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (4) of
    6  section 1004.435, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         1004.435 Cancer control and research.—
    8         (4) FLORIDA CANCER CONTROL AND RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL;
    9  CREATION; COMPOSITION.—
   10         (a) There is created within the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
   11  Center and Research Institute, Inc., the Florida Cancer Control
   12  and Research Advisory Council. The council shall consist of 16
   13  15 members, which includes the chairperson, all of whom must be
   14  residents of this state. The State Surgeon General or his or her
   15  designee within the Department of Health shall be one of the 16
   16  15 members. Members, except those appointed by the Governor, the
   17  Speaker of the House of Representatives, or the President of the
   18  Senate, must be appointed by the chief executive officer of the
   19  institution or organization represented, or his or her designee.
   20  One member must be a representative of the American Cancer
   21  Society; one member must be a representative of the Sylvester
   22  Comprehensive Cancer Center of the University of Miami; one
   23  member must be a representative of the University of Florida
   24  Shands Cancer Center; one member must be a representative of the
   25  Florida Nurses Association who specializes in the field of
   26  oncology and is not from an institution or organization already
   27  represented on the council; one member must be a representative
   28  of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association who specializes
   29  in the field of oncology; one member must be a member of the
   30  Florida Medical Association who specializes in the field of
   31  oncology and who represents a cancer center not already
   32  represented on the council; one member must be a representative
   33  of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute,
   34  Inc.; one member must be a representative of the Mayo Clinic in
   35  Jacksonville; one member must be a member of the Florida
   36  Hospital Association who specializes in the field of oncology
   37  and who represents a comprehensive cancer center not already
   38  represented on the council; one member must be a representative
   39  of the Association of Community Cancer Centers; one member must
   40  specialize in pediatric oncology research or clinical care
   41  appointed by the Governor; one member must specialize in
   42  oncology clinical care or research appointed by the President of
   43  the Senate; one member must be a current or former cancer
   44  patient or a current or former caregiver to a cancer patient
   45  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; one
   46  member must be a member of the House of Representatives
   47  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
   48  one member must be a member of the Senate appointed by the
   49  President of the Senate. At least four of the members must be
   50  individuals who are minority persons as defined by s. 288.703.
   51         (d) The council shall meet no less than semiannually at the
   52  call of the chairperson or, in his or her absence or incapacity,
   53  at the call of the State Surgeon General. Nine Eight members
   54  constitute a quorum for the purpose of exercising all of the
   55  powers of the council. A vote of the majority of the members
   56  present is sufficient for all actions of the council.
   57  
   58  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   59  And the title is amended as follows:
   60         Delete line 86
   61  and insert:
   62         screening; amending s. 1004.435, F.S.; revising the
   63         membership of the Florida Cancer Control and Research
   64         Advisory Council; revising quorum requirements for
   65         council actions; amending ss. 383.318, 395.1053, and