Bill Text: FL H0323 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Breast Cancer Detection/Treatment Referral Program

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-03 - Withdrawn from HHS Quality Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee [H0323 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0323-Introduced.html

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HB 323

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the breast cancer early detection and
3	treatment referral program; amending s. 381.932, F.S.;
4	revising certain criteria of the program by requiring that
5	the public education and outreach initiative and
6	professional education programs use guidelines currently
7	employed by the United States Centers for Disease Control
8	and Prevention rather than the United States Preventive
9	Services Task Force; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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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 currently employed established by the United States
24	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Preventive Services
25	Task Force.
26	(b)  Development of professional education programs that
27	include information regarding the benefits of the early
28	detection of breast cancer and the recommended frequency for
29	receiving a mammogram, as recommended in the most current breast
30	cancer screening guidelines currently employed established by
31	the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
32	Preventive Services Task Force.
33	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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