Florida SB 1582: Department of Health

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An act relating to the Department of Health; amending 2
s. 381.0101, F.S.; defining the term “environmental 3
health technician”; exempting environmental health 4
technicians from certain certification requirements 5
under certain circumstances; requiring the department, 6
in conjunction with the Department of Environmental 7
Protection, to adopt rules that establish certain 8
standards for environmental health technician 9
certification; requiring the Department of Health to 10
adopt by rule certain standards for environmental 11
health technician certification; revising provisions 12
related to exemptions and fees to conform to changes 13
made by the act; creating s. 381.991, F.S.; creating 14
the Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant 15
Program within the department for a specified purpose; 16
subject to an appropriation by the Legislature, 17
requiring the program to award grants for certain 18
scientific and clinical research; specifying entities 19
eligible to apply for the grants; specifying the types 20
of applications that may be considered for grant 21
funding; providing for a competitive, peer-reviewed 22
application and selection process; providing that the 23
remaining balance of appropriations for the program as 24
of a specified date may be carried forward for a 25
specified timeframe under certain circumstances; 26
amending s. 383.14, F.S.; providing that any health 27
care practitioner present at a birth or responsible 28
for primary care during the neonatal period has the 29

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primary responsibility of administering certain 30
screenings; defining the term “health care 31
practitioner”; deleting identification and screening 32
requirements for newborns and their families for 33
certain environmental and health risk factors; 34
deleting certain related duties of the department; 35
revising the definition of the term “health care 36
practitioner” to include licensed genetic counselors; 37
requiring that blood specimens for screenings of 38
newborns be collected before a specified age; 39
requiring that newborns have a blood specimen 40
collected for newborn screenings, rather than only a 41
test for phenylketonuria, before a specified age; 42
deleting certain rulemaking authority of the 43
department; deleting a requirement that the department 44
furnish certain forms to specified entities; deleting 45
the requirement that such entities report the results 46
of certain screenings to the department; making 47
technical and conforming changes; deleting a 48
requirement that the department submit certain 49
certifications as part of its legislative budget 50
request; requiring certain health care practitioners 51
to prepare and send all newborn screening specimen 52
cards to the State Public Health Laboratory; defining 53
the term “health care practitioner”; amending s. 54
383.145, F.S.; defining the term “toddler”; revising 55
hearing loss screening requirements to include infants 56
and toddlers; revising hearing loss screening 57
requirements for licensed birth centers; requiring 58

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licensed birth centers to complete newborn hearing 59
loss screenings before discharge, with an exception; 60
amending s. 383.147, F.S.; revising sickle cell 61
disease and sickle cell trait screening requirements; 62
requiring screening providers to notify a newborn’s 63
parent or guardian, rather than the newborn’s primary 64
care physician, of certain information; authorizing 65
the parents or guardians of a newborn to opt out of 66
the newborn’s inclusion in the sickle cell registry; 67
specifying the manner in which a parent or guardian 68
may opt out; authorizing certain persons other than 69
newborns who have been identified as having sickle 70
cell disease or carrying a sickle cell trait to choose 71
to be included in the registry; creating s. 383.148, 72
F.S.; requiring the department to promote the 73
screening of pregnant women and infants for specified 74
environmental risk factors; requiring the department 75
to develop a multilevel screening process for prenatal 76
and postnatal risk screenings; specifying requirements 77
for such screening processes; providing construction; 78
requiring persons who object to a screening to give a 79
written statement of such objection to the physician 80
or other person required to administer and report the 81
screening; amending s. 1004.435, F.S.; revising the 82
membership of the Florida Cancer Control and Research 83
Advisory Council; revising quorum requirements