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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to health screenings for K -12 2
students; amending ss. 1001.42 and 1014.06, F.S.; 3
authorizing specified screening to be performed on K -4
12 students after written parental notification of 5
such services is provided and the student's parents 6
are given specified opportunities; providing an 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subse ction (8) of section 12
1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13
1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board. —The 14
district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all 15
powers and perform all duties listed below: 16
(8) STUDENT WELFARE. — 17
(c)1. In accordance with the rights of parents enumerated 18
in ss. 1002.20 and 1014.04, adopt procedures for notifying a 19
student's parent if there is a change in the student's services 20
or monitoring related to the student's mental, emotional, or 21
physical health or well-being and the school's ability to 22
provide a safe and supportive learning environment for the 23
student. The procedures must reinforce the fundamental right of 24
parents to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control 25
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of their children by re quiring school district personnel to 26
encourage a student to discuss issues relating to his or her 27
well-being with his or her parent or to facilitate discussion of 28
the issue with the parent. The procedures may not prohibit 29
parents from accessing any of thei r student's education and 30
health records created, maintained, or used by the school 31
district, as required by s. 1002.22(2). 32
2. A school district may not adopt procedures or student 33
support forms that prohibit school district personnel from 34
notifying a parent about his or her student's mental, emotional, 35
or physical health or well -being, or a change in related 36
services or monitoring, or that encourage or have the effect of 37
encouraging a student to withhold from a parent such 38
information. School district pe rsonnel may not discourage or 39
prohibit parental notification of and involvement in critical 40
decisions affecting a student's mental, emotional, or physical 41
health or well-being. This subparagraph does not prohibit a 42
school district from adopting procedures that permit school 43
personnel to withhold such information from a parent if a 44
reasonably prudent person would believe that disclosure would 45
result in abuse, abandonment, or neglect, as those terms are 46
defined in s. 39.01. 47
3. Classroom instruction by schoo l personnel or third 48
parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur 49
in prekindergarten through grade 8, except when required by ss. 50
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1003.42(2)(o)3. and 1003.46. If such instruction is provided in 51
grades 9 through 12, the instruction must be age-appropriate or 52
developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with 53
state standards. This subparagraph applies to charter schools. 54
4. Student support services training developed or provided 55
by a school district to school district personnel mu st adhere to 56
student services guidelines, standards, and frameworks 57
established by the Department of Education. 58
5. At the beginning of the school year, each school 59
district shall notify parents of each health care service 60
offered at their student's schoo l and the option to withhold 61
consent or decline any specific service in accordance with s. 62
1014.06. Screening, as defined in s. 381.0056(2), may be 63
performed after the student's parent has been given written 64
notice of such services and the reasonable oppor tunity to deny 65
consent or opt his or her student out of such services. Parental 66
consent to a health care service does not waive the parent's 67
right to access his or her student's educational or health 68
records or to be notified about a change in his or her s tudent's 69
services or monitoring as provided by this paragraph. 70
6. Before administering a student well -being questionnaire 71
or health screening form to a student in kindergarten through 72
grade 3, the school district must provide the questionnaire or 73
health screening form to the parent and obtain the permission of 74
the parent. 75
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7. Each school district shall adopt procedures for a 76
parent to notify the principal, or his or her designee, 77
regarding concerns under this paragraph at his or her student's 78
school and the process for resolving those concerns within 7 79
calendar days after notification by the parent. 80
a. At a minimum, the procedures must require that within 81
30 days after notification by the parent that the concern 82
remains unresolved, the school district m ust either resolve the 83
concern or provide a statement of the reasons for not resolving 84
the concern. 85
b. If a concern is not resolved by the school district, a 86
parent may: 87
(I) Request the Commissioner of Education to appoint a 88
special magistrate who is a member of The Florida Bar in good 89
standing and who has at least 5 years' experience in 90
administrative law. The special magistrate shall determine facts 91
relating to the disp ute over the school district procedure or 92
practice, consider information provided by the school district, 93
and render a recommended decision for resolution to the State 94
Board of Education within 30 days after receipt of the request 95
by the parent. The State Board of Education must approve or 96
reject the recommended decision at its next regularly scheduled 97
meeting that is more than 7 calendar days and no more than 30 98
days after the date the recommended decision is transmitted. The 99
costs of the special magistrat e shall be borne by the school 100
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district. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules, 101
including forms, necessary to implement this subparagraph. 102
(II) Bring an action against the school district to obtain 103
a declaratory judgment that the school district procedure or 104
practice violates this paragraph and seek injunctive relief. A 105
court may award damages and shall award reasonable attorney fees 106
and court costs to a parent who receives declaratory or 107
injunctive relief. 108
c. Each school district shall adopt a nd post on its 109
website policies to notify parents of the procedures required 110
under this subparagraph. 111
d. Nothing contained in this subparagraph shall be 112
construed to abridge or alter rights of action or remedies in 113
equity already existing under the commo n law or general law. 114
Section 2. Section 1014.06, Florida Statutes, is amended 115
to read: 116
1014.06 Parental consent for health care services. — 117
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, a health care 118
practitioner, as defined in s. 456.001, or an individ ual 119
employed by such health care practitioner may not provide or 120
solicit or arrange to provide health care services or prescribe 121
medicinal drugs to a minor child without first obtaining written 122
parental consent. 123
(2) Except as otherwise provided by law or a court order, 124
a provider, as defined in s. 408.803, may not allow a medical 125
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procedure to be performed on a minor child in its facility 126
without first obtaining written parental consent. However, for a 127
student enrolled in a public school in the state, scre ening, as 128
defined in s. 381.0056(2), may be performed after the minor 129
child's parents have been given written notice of such services 130
and the reasonable opportunity to deny consent or opt out his or 131
her minor child from such services. 132
(3) This section do es not apply to an abortion, which is 133
governed by chapter 390. 134
(4) This section does not apply to services provided by a 135
clinical laboratory, unless the services are delivered through a 136
direct encounter with the minor at the clinical laboratory 137
facility. For purposes of this subsection, the term "clinical 138
laboratory" has the same meaning as provided in s. 483.803. 139
(5) A health care practitioner or other person who 140
violates this section is subject to disciplinary action pursuant 141
to s. 408.813 or s. 456.0 72, as applicable, and commits a 142
misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 143
775.082 or s. 775.083. 144
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 145