Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 958
       
       
        
       By Senator Bernard
       
       
       
       
       
       24-01617-25                                            2025958__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to type 1 diabetes early detection;
    3         creating s. 385.2045, F.S.; requiring the Department
    4         of Health, in coordination with local school
    5         districts, to develop informational materials on type
    6         1 diabetes for the parents and guardians of students;
    7         requiring that such materials be made available to
    8         school districts and charter schools through the
    9         department’s website; specifying requirements for the
   10         informational materials; requiring the department to
   11         develop the informational materials and a certain
   12         methodology by a specified date; providing an
   13         effective date.
   14          
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 385.2045, Florida Statutes, is created
   18  to read:
   19         385.2045 Type 1 diabetes early detection.—
   20         (1) The Department of Health, in coordination with local
   21  school districts throughout this state, shall develop type 1
   22  diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians
   23  of students. The informational materials must be made available
   24  to each school district and charter school through the
   25  department’s website.
   26         (2) The informational materials on type 1 diabetes must
   27  include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:
   28         (a) A description of type 1 diabetes, including the
   29  associated risk factors and warning signs of type 1 diabetes.
   30         (b) A description of the process for screening students for
   31  early detection of type 1 diabetes using a blood autoantibody
   32  test.
   33         (c) A recommendation for further evaluation of those
   34  students who display warning signs associated with type 1
   35  diabetes or receive positive early detection screening results.
   36         (3) By October 1, 2025, the department shall develop the
   37  informational materials and a standardized methodology for each
   38  school district and charter school to provide the parents and
   39  guardians of first graders with the instructional materials
   40  within 30 days after the beginning of each school year.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.