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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to a Type 1 diabetes early detection 2
program; creating s. 381.992, F.S.; requiring the 3
Department of Health, in collaboration with school 4
districts throughout the state, to develop 5
informational materials for the early detection of 6
Type 1 diabetes for parents and guardians of certain 7
students; providing requirements for such 8
informational materials; amending s. 1002.53, F.S.; 9
requiring early learning coalitions to notify parents 10
and guardians of the availability of such 11
informational materials; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Section 381.992, Florida Statutes, is crea ted 16
to read: 17
381.992 Type 1 diabetes early detection program. — 18
(1) The Department of Health, in collaboration with school 19
districts throughout the state, shall develop informational 20
materials for the early detection of Type 1 diabetes for parents 21
and guardians of students. The informational materials shall be 22
made available to each early learning coalition, school 23
district, and charter school through the department's website. 24
(2) Within 90 days after July 1, 2025, the department 25
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shall develop the mate rials related to the early detection of 26
Type 1 diabetes and post the information on its website. The 27
department shall develop a standardized methodology for each 28
early learning coalition, school district, and charter school 29
for the notification of the pare nts or guardians of voluntary 30
prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first -grade students, by 31
September 30, 2025, and annually thereafter, of the availability 32
of the Type 1 diabetes early detection materials. 33
(3) Information provided to parents and guardians shall 34
include, but not be limited to, all of the following: 35
(a) A description of Type 1 diabetes. 36
(b) A description of the risk factors and warning signs 37
associated with Type 1 diabetes. 38
(c) A description of the process for screening students 39
for early detection of Type 1 diabetes using a blood 40
autoantibody test. 41
(d) A recommendation for further evaluation for students 42
displaying warning signs associated with Type 1 diabetes or 43
positive early detection screening results. 44
Section 2. Subsection ( 5) of section 1002.53, Florida 45
Statutes, is amended to read: 46
1002.53 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; 47
eligibility and enrollment. — 48
(5) The early learning coalition shall provide each parent 49
enrolling a child in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education 50
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Program with a profile of every private prekindergarten provider 51
and public school delivering the program within the county where 52
the child is being enrolled. The profiles shall be provided to 53
parents in a format prescribed by the department in accordance 54
with s. 1002.92(3). The early learning coalition must also 55
annually notify parents and guardians of the availability of 56
informational materials for the early detection of Type 1 57
diabetes pursuant to s. 381.992. 58
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 59