Bill Text: FL S0936 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Breast Cancer Early Detection and Treatment [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations [S0936 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0936-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 936 
 
By the Committee on Health Regulation; and Senators Aronberg and 
Sobel 
588-04373-10                                           2010936c1 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to the breast cancer early detection 
3         and treatment referral program; amending s. 381.932, 
4         F.S.; revising certain criteria of the program by 
5         requiring that the public education and outreach 
6         initiative and professional education programs use 
7         guidelines currently employed by the United States 
8         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rather than 
9         the United States Preventive Services Task Force; 
10         providing an effective date. 
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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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14         Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of 
15  section 381.932, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
16         381.932 Breast cancer early detection and treatment 
17  referral program.— 
18         (3) The program shall include, but not be limited to, the: 
19         (a) Establishment of a public education and outreach 
20  initiative to publicize breast cancer early detection services, 
21  the benefits of early detection of breast cancer, and the 
22  recommended frequency for receiving screening services, 
23  including clinical breast examinations and mammography 
24  guidelines currently employed by the United States Centers for 
25  Disease Control and Prevention established by the United States 
26  Preventive Services Task Force. 
27         (b) Development of professional education programs that 
28  include information regarding the benefits of the early 
29  detection of breast cancer and the recommended frequency for 
30  receiving a mammogram, as recommended in the most current breast 
31  cancer screening guidelines currently employed by the United 
32  States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established by 
33  the United States Preventive Services Task Force. 
34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.