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Sickle Cell Disease

It became law on Jun 3, 2024.

FL HB 7085 · House Bill · 2024

Stage
Became law
Started in
House
Sponsors
+12
Latest action
Jun 3, 2024

What it does

Sickle Cell Disease; Creates Sickle Cell Disease Research & Treatment Grant Program within DOH; specifies types of projects eligible for grant funding; revises sickle cell disease & sickle cell trait screening requirements; requires screening providers to notify newborn's parent or guardian, rather than newborn's primary care physician, of certain information; authorizes certain persons other than newborns who have been identified having sickle cell disease or carrying sickle cell trait to choose to be included in registry.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Jun 3, 2024

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Where it goes next

It is law in Florida. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.

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