Bill Text: FL H0045 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Use of Prescribed Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted SB 166; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 166 (Ch. 2010-184) -HJ 01168 [H0045 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0045-Introduced.html

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HB 45

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the use of prescribed pancreatic enzyme
3	supplements; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing
4	certain K-12 students to use prescribed pancreatic enzyme
5	supplements under certain circumstances; requiring the
6	State Board of Education to adopt rules; providing for
7	indemnification; providing an effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (3) of
12	section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
13	1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.--Parents of public
14	school students must receive accurate and timely information
15	regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed
16	of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
17	students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
18	rights including, but not limited to, the following:
19	(3) HEALTH ISSUES.--
20	(j) Use of prescribed pancreatic enzyme supplements.--A
21	student who has experienced or is at risk for pancreatic
22	insufficiency or who has been diagnosed as having cystic
23	fibrosis may carry and self-administer a prescribed pancreatic
24	enzyme supplement while in school, participating in school-
25	sponsored activities, or in transit to or from school or school-
26	sponsored activities if the school has been provided with
27	authorization from the student's parent and prescribing
28	practitioner. The State Board of Education, in cooperation with
29	the Department of Health, shall adopt rules for the use of
30	prescribed pancreatic enzyme supplements which shall include
31	provisions to protect the safety of all students from the misuse
32	or abuse of the supplements. A school district, county health
33	department, public-private partner, and their employees and
34	volunteers shall be indemnified by the parent of a student
35	authorized to use prescribed pancreatic enzyme supplements for
36	any and all liability with respect to the student's use of the
37	supplements under this paragraph.
38	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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