| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to newborn screenings; amending s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 383.14, F.S.; beginning on a specified date, subject 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | to appropriation, providing that the Department of 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Health's rules must require certain newborns to be 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | screened for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; providing an 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | effective date. 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of se ction 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 383.14, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 383.14 Screening for metabolic disorders, other hereditary 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | and congenital disorders, and environmental risk factors. — 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) RULES.— 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) After consultation with the Genetics and Newborn 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Screening Advisory Council, the department shall adopt and 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | enforce rules requiring that every newborn in this state shall: 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1. Before becoming 1 week of age, have a blood specimen 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | collected for newborn screenings; 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2. Be tested for any condition included on the federal 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Recommended Uniform Screening Panel which the council advises 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the department should be included under the state's screening 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | program. After the council recommends that a condition be 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | included, the department shall submit a legislative budget 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 51 | 51 | | request to seek an appropriation to add testing of the condition 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | to the newborn screening program. The department shall expand 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | statewide screening of newborns to include screening for such 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | conditions within 18 months after the council renders such 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | advice, if a test appr oved by the United States Food and Drug 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Administration or a test offered by an alternative vendor is 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | available. If such a test is not available within 18 months 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | after the council makes its recommendation, the department shall 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | implement such screening as so on as a test offered by the United 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | States Food and Drug Administration or by an alternative vendor 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | is available; and 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 3. At the appropriate age, be tested for such other 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | metabolic diseases and hereditary or congenital disorders as the 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | department may deem necessary; and 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 4. Subject to legislative appropriation, beginning January 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 1, 2027, be screened for Duchenne muscular dystrophy . 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 42 |
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