Bill Text: FL S0242 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Developmental Disabilities

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Banking and Insurance [S0242 Detail]

Download: Florida-2018-S0242-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2018                                     SB 242
       
       
        
       By Senator Baxley
       
       
       
       
       
       12-00375A-18                                           2018242__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to developmental disabilities;
    3         providing a short title; amending s. 393.063, F.S.;
    4         revising the term “developmental disability” to
    5         include the disorder and symptoms attributable to
    6         Duchenne muscular dystrophy; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. This act shall be known as “Gabe’s Act.”
   12         Section 2. Subsection (12) of section 393.063, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         393.063 Definitions.—For the purposes of this chapter, the
   15  term:
   16         (12) “Developmental disability” means a disorder or
   17  syndrome that is attributable to intellectual disability,
   18  cerebral palsy, autism, spina bifida, Down syndrome, Phelan
   19  McDermid syndrome, or Prader-Willi syndrome, or Duchenne
   20  muscular dystrophy; that manifests before the age of 18; and
   21  that constitutes a substantial handicap that can reasonably be
   22  expected to continue indefinitely.
   23         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.