PCS for HB 543 — Uterine Fibroid Research and Education (Florida, 2022)
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Text of PCS for HB 543, 2022, a Florida bill to be entitled an act relating to uterine fibroid research and education. Section 1 creates Section 381.9312, Florida Statutes, under which the Department of Health shall develop and maintain an electronic database of information related to uterine fibroids, including incidence and prevalence, demographic attributes and treatments used by health care providers. A health care provider who diagnoses or treats a woman with uterine fibroids shall submit information to the department for the database. The department shall also include information on uterine fibroids in its women's health care educational materials made available to the public. Section 2 states that the act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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“PCS for HB 543 — Uterine Fibroid Research and Education (Florida, 2022).”
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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
PCS for HB 543 2022
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to uterine fibroid research and
3 education; creating s. 381.9312, F.S.; providing
4 definitions; requiring the Department of Health to
5 develop and maintain an electronic database of
6 information related to uterine fibroids; providing a
7 specified purpose for such database; requiring that
8 the database include specified information; requiring
9 health care providers to submit certain information to
10 the department for inclusion in the database;
11 prohibiting the database from including any personal
12 identifying information; providing that such
13 information is confidential; authorizing certain
14 persons to use such information for a specified
15 purpose; requiring the department to develop and
16 include information related to fibroids in certain
17 literature currently made available to the public for
18 a specified purpose; providing an effective date.
19
20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
21
22 Section 1. Section 381.9312, Florida Statutes, is created
23 to read:
24 381.9312 Uterine fibroid research database; education and
25 public awareness.—
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26 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
27 (a) "Department" means the Department of Health.
28 (b) "Health care provider" means a physician licensed
29 under chapter 458 or chapter 459 or an autonomous advanced
30 practice registered nurse registered under s. 464.0123.
31 (c) "Uterine fibroid" means a noncancerous growth of the
32 uterus that often appears during a woman's childbearing years.
33 (2) UTERINE FIBROID RESEARCH DATABASE.—
34 (a) The department shall develop and maintain an
35 electronic database consisting of information related to uterine
36 fibroids. The purpose of the database is to encourage research
37 relating to the diagnosis and treatment of uterine fibroids and
38 to ensure that women are provided with the relevant information
39 and health care necessary to prevent and treat uterine fibroids.
40 The database must include, but need not be limited to, all of
41 the following information:
42 1. Incidence and prevalence of women diagnosed with
43 uterine fibroids in this state.
44 2. Demographic attributes of women diagnosed with uterine
45 fibroids in this state.
46 3. Treatments and procedures for uterine fibroids used by
47 health care providers in this state.
48 (b) A health care provider who diagnoses or treats a woman
49 with uterine fibroids shall submit information relating to such
50 diagnosis or treatment to the department in a form and manner
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51 prescribed by department rule for inclusion in the database.
52 Such information may be submitted along with any reports or
53 other information that the health care provider is required to
54 submit to the department pursuant to state law.
55 (3) UTERINE FIBROID EDUCATION OUTREACH AND PUBLIC
56 AWARENESS.—The department shall develop and include information
57 related to uterine fibroids in its women's health care
58 educational materials currently made available to the public.
59 The information must include, but need not be limited to, the
60 following:
61 (a) Possible risk factors for developing uterine fibroids.
62 (b) Range of available treatment options that are
63 considered alternatives to hysterectomy.
64 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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