Senate Bill 1766
Senate Bill sb1766c1
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Florida Senate - 2005 CS for SB 1766
By the Committee on Education; and Senator Crist
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to administration of medication
3 to public school students; creating s.
4 1006.0625, F.S.; defining the term
5 "psychotropic medication"; prohibiting a
6 recipient of state funds from requiring a
7 student to be prescribed or administered
8 psychotropic medication as a condition of
9 receipt of educational services financed by
10 state funds; providing requirements for
11 administration; providing a restriction
12 relating to referral for diagnosis or treatment
13 of mental disorders; providing an effective
14 date.
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16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Section 1006.0625, Florida Statutes, is
19 created to read:
20 1006.0625 Administration of psychotropic medication;
21 prohibition; conditions.--
22 (1) As used in this section, the term "psychotropic
23 medication" means a prescription medication that is used for
24 the treatment of mental disorders and includes, without
25 limitation, antihypnotics, antipsychotics, antidepressants,
26 anxiety agents, sedatives, psychomotor stimulants, and mood
27 stabilizers.
28 (2) A recipient of state funds shall not require a
29 student to be prescribed or administered any psychotropic
30 medication as a condition of such student receiving
31 educational or school-based services, including, but not
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1 limited to, school enrollment, class attendance,
2 extracurricular activity participation, or school-related
3 event attendance, that are financed in whole or part by state
4 funds. A psychotropic medication shall be administered
5 pursuant to s. 1006.062.
6 (3) A school or school district personnel shall not
7 make a referral for diagnosis or treatment of any student for
8 any disorder listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
9 of Mental Disorders. However, this subsection does not
10 prohibit a teacher or the school district personnel from
11 sharing classroom-based observations with parents regarding a
12 student's academic and functional performance and behavior in
13 the classroom or school.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
15 law.
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17 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
18 Senate Bill 1766
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20 The committee substitute makes the following changes:
21 -Deletes the requirements related to dispensing
psychotropic medication by licensed health care
22 professionals.
23 -Requires psychotropic medication to be administered
pursuant to s.1006.062,F.S.
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-Prohibits school or school district personnel from
25 making referrals for the diagnosis or treatment of a
student for any disorder listed in the Diagnostic and
26 Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
27 -Allows teachers or school district personnel to share
classroom-based observations with parents about students'
28 classroom behavior and academic and functional
performance.
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