Bill Text: FL S1184 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Closing the Gap Grant Program
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-07 - Laid on Table, refer to HB 1009 [S1184 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S1184-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2018 SB 1184 By Senator Gibson 6-01248-18 20181184__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Closing the Gap grant program; 3 amending s. 381.7355, F.S.; requiring a Closing the 4 Gap grant proposal to address racial and ethnic 5 disparities in morbidity and mortality rates relating 6 to Lupus; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 11 381.7355, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 381.7355 Project requirements; review criteria.— 13 (2) A proposal must include each of the following elements: 14 (a) The purpose and objectives of the proposal, including 15 identification of the particular racial or ethnic disparity the 16 project will address. The proposal must address one or more of 17 the following priority areas: 18 1. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and 19 infant mortality rates. 20 2. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 21 and mortality rates relating to cancer. 22 3. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 23 and mortality rates relating to HIV/AIDS. 24 4. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 25 and mortality rates relating to cardiovascular disease. 26 5. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 27 and mortality rates relating to diabetes. 28 6. Increasing adult and child immunization rates in certain 29 racial and ethnic populations. 30 7. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in oral health 31 care. 32 8. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 33 and mortality rates relating to sickle cell disease. 34 9. Decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in morbidity 35 and mortality rates relating to Lupus. 36 10.9.Improve neighborhood social determinants of health, 37 such as transportation, safety, and food access, as outlined by 38 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Tools for 39 Putting Social Determinants of Health into Action.” 40 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.