Bill Text: FL S1242 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: School Health Services Program [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Health Regulation [S1242 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1242-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1242 
 
By Senator Wilson 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to the school health services program; 
3         amending s. 381.0056, F.S.; defining the term “school 
4         based health center” for purposes of the School Health 
5         Services Act; providing that such a center is a health 
6         care entity acting as an instrumentality of the state 
7         for purposes of certain limitations on liability; 
8         providing an effective date. 
9 
10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
11 
12         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 381.0056, Florida 
13  Statutes, is amended to read: 
14         381.0056 School health services program.— 
15         (3) When used in or for purposes of this section: 
16         (a) “Emergency health needs” means onsite management and 
17  aid for illness or injury pending the student’s return to the 
18  classroom or release to a parent, guardian, designated friend, 
19  or designated health care provider. 
20         (b) “Entity” or “health care entity” means a unit of local 
21  government or a political subdivision of the state; a hospital 
22  licensed under chapter 395; a health maintenance organization 
23  certified under chapter 641; a health insurer authorized under 
24  the Florida Insurance Code; a community health center; a migrant 
25  health center; a federally qualified health center; an 
26  organization that meets the requirements for nonprofit status 
27  under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; a private 
28  industry or business; a school-based health center; or a 
29  philanthropic foundation that agrees to participate in a public 
30  private partnership with a county health department, local 
31  school district, or school in the delivery of school health 
32  services, and agrees to the terms and conditions for the 
33  delivery of such services as required by this section and as 
34  documented in the local school health services plan. 
35         (c) “Invasive screening” means any screening procedure in 
36  which the skin or any body orifice is penetrated. 
37         (d) “Physical examination” means a thorough evaluation of 
38  the health status of an individual. 
39         (e) “School-based health center” means an organization 
40  that, at a minimum: 
41         1. Provides at least 25 hours per week of primary care 
42  services to adolescents or other school-age children in 
43  accordance with state law for the majority of the year. 
44         2. Primarily provides services on site at the school, but 
45  may also offer linkages and referrals to primary care providers 
46  if confidentiality is maintained. 
47         3. Provides comprehensive services that include, but are 
48  not limited to: 
49         a. Acute management and ongoing monitoring of chronic 
50  conditions, such as asthma, diabetes, and seizure disorder, in 
51  conjunction with a student’s regular doctor. 
52         b. Well-child or adolescent examinations consisting of a 
53  comprehensive health history, including an assessment of high 
54  risk behavior for adolescents, complete physical assessment, 
55  screening procedures, and anticipatory guidance appropriate to 
56  age. 
57         c. Immunizations. 
58         d. Diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses and injuries. 
59         e. Basic diagnostic laboratory tests. 
60         f. Prescriptions or dispensing of commonly used medications 
61  for identified health conditions, in accordance with medical 
62  practice and pharmacy practice statutes. 
63         g. Individual health education and anticipatory guidance 
64  for students and parents. 
65         4. Provides comprehensive services that may include, but 
66  need not be limited to: 
67         a. Age-appropriate reproductive health services, including 
68  health education; pelvic examinations; diagnosis and treatment 
69  of sexually transmitted diseases; testing and counseling for 
70  human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency 
71  syndrome (AIDS); and prescribing, dispensing, or referring for 
72  birth control, including condoms. 
73         b. Basic mental health services, including assessment; 
74  individual, group, and family counseling; consultation with 
75  school administrators, parents, teachers, and students; and 
76  crisis intervention. 
77         5. Maintains health records in a manner that is current, 
78  detailed, confidential, and organized and permits effective 
79  student care and quality review. 
80         6. Does not deny access to health care services to students 
81  based upon insurance status or ability to pay and does not 
82  discriminate with regard to race or ethnicity, religion, 
83  national origin, age, disability, gender, or sexual orientation. 
84         (f)(e) “School health services plan” means the document 
85  that describes the services to be provided, the responsibility 
86  for provision of the services, the anticipated expenditures to 
87  provide the services, and evidence of cooperative planning by 
88  local school districts and county health departments. 
89         (g)(f) “Screening” means presumptive identification of 
90  unknown or unrecognized diseases or defects by the application 
91  of tests that can be given with ease and rapidity to apparently 
92  healthy persons. 
93         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.