Bill Text: FL H0889 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Biomedical Research [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-07 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2010-34 [H0889 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0889-Introduced.html

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HB 889

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to biomedical and social research;
3	repealing ss. 381.85, 381.912, 381.92, and 381.921, F.S.,
4	relating to the Florida Biomedical and Social Research
5	Act, the Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force, and the
6	Florida Cancer Council and the mission and duties of the
7	council; amending ss. 381.855 and 381.922, F.S.; deleting
8	provisions and cross-references to conform; providing an
9	effective date.
10
11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. Sections 381.85, 381.912, 381.92, and 381.921,
14	Florida Statutes, are repealed.
15	Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section
16	381.855, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
17	381.855 Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate
18	Disease.-
19	(5) There is established within the center an advisory
20	council that shall meet at least annually.
21	(a) The council shall consist of one representative from a
22	Florida not-for-profit institution engaged in basic and clinical
23	biomedical research and education which receives more than $10
24	million in annual grant funding from the National Institutes of
25	Health, to be appointed by the State Surgeon General from a
26	different institution each term, and one representative from and
27	appointed by each of the following entities:
28	1. Enterprise Florida, Inc.
29	2. BioFlorida.
30	3. The Biomedical Research Advisory Council.
31	4. The Florida Medical Foundation.
32	5. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
33	6. The Florida Cancer Council.
34	6.7. The American Cancer Society, Florida Division, Inc.
35	7.8. The American Heart Association.
36	8.9. The American Lung Association of Florida.
37	9.10. The American Diabetes Association, South Coastal
38	Region.
39	10.11. The Alzheimer's Association.
40	11.12. The Epilepsy Foundation.
41	12.13. The National Parkinson Foundation.
42	13.14. The Florida Public Health Institute, Inc.
43	14.15. The Florida Research Consortium.
44	Section 3. Subsections (2) and (5) of section 381.922,
45	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
46	381.922 William G. "Bill" Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley
47	Cancer Research Program.-
48	(2) The program shall provide grants for cancer research
49	to further the search for cures for cancer.
50	(a) Emphasis shall be given to the goals enumerated in s.
51	381.921, as those goals support the advancement of such cures.
52	(b) Preference may be given to grant proposals that foster
53	collaborations among institutions, researchers, and community
54	practitioners, as such proposals support the advancement of
55	cures through basic or applied research, including clinical
56	trials involving cancer patients and related networks.
57	(5) Funds appropriated for the William G. "Bill" Bankhead,
58	Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program shall be
59	distributed pursuant to this section to provide grants to
60	researchers seeking cures for cancer and cancer-related
61	illnesses, with emphasis given to the goals enumerated in s.
62	381.921. From the total funds appropriated, an amount of up to
63	10 percent may be used for administrative expenses. In the 2009-
64	2010 fiscal year, 2.5 percent, not to exceed $25 million, of the
65	revenue deposited into the Health Care Trust Fund pursuant to s.
66	215.5602(12)(a) shall be transferred to the Biomedical Research
67	Trust Fund within the Department of Health for the William G.
68	"Bill" Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program.
69	Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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