Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 606
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/12/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Smith) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 49 - 86
    4  and insert:
    5  postpartum education and care.
    6         (3) Childbirth educators shall provide the educational
    7  materials developed under subsection (1) to the parents or
    8  caregivers receiving childbirth education.
    9         Section 2. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (4) of
   10  section 383.318, Florida Statutes, to read:
   11         383.318 Postpartum care for birth center clients and
   12  infants.—
   13         (4) The birth center shall provide a postpartum evaluation
   14  and followup care that includes all of the following:
   15         (j) Provision of the educational materials on drowning
   16  prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices developed
   17  by the Department of Health under s. 383.3363.
   18         Section 3. Section 395.1053, Florida Statutes, is amended
   19  to read:
   20         395.1053 Postpartum education.—A hospital that provides
   21  birthing services shall provide each parent with postpartum
   22  education on the care of newborns, which must include all of the
   23  following:
   24         (1) incorporate Information on safe sleep practices and the
   25  possible causes of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death. into the
   26  hospital’s postpartum instruction on the care of newborns and
   27  provide to each parent
   28         (2) Provision of the informational pamphlet on infant and
   29  childhood eye and vision disorders created by the department
   30  pursuant to s. 383.14(3)(h).
   31         (3) Provision of the educational materials on drowning
   32  prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices developed
   33  by the department under s. 383.3363.
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   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete lines 10 - 15
   38  and insert:
   39         their postpartum education and care; requiring
   40         childbirth educators to provide the