Bill Text: FL S0936 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 936 
 
By Senator Aronberg 
27-00930-10                                            2010936__ 
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 established by the American Cancer Society 
8         rather than the United States Preventive Services Task 
9         Force; providing an effective date. 
10 
11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
12 
13         Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of 
14  section 381.932, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
15         381.932 Breast cancer early detection and treatment 
16  referral program.— 
17         (3) The program shall include, but not be limited to, the: 
18         (a) Establishment of a public education and outreach 
19  initiative to publicize breast cancer early detection services, 
20  the benefits of early detection of breast cancer, and the 
21  recommended frequency for receiving screening services, 
22  including clinical breast examinations and mammography 
23  guidelines established by the American Cancer Society United 
24  States Preventive Services Task Force. 
25         (b) Development of professional education programs that 
26  include information regarding the benefits of the early 
27  detection of breast cancer and the recommended frequency for 
28  receiving a mammogram, as recommended in the most current breast 
29  cancer screening guidelines established by the American Cancer 
30  Society United States Preventive Services Task Force. 
31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.