FL S0620

Eliminates requirement that James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program be funded exclusively by Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund proceeds; instead funds program through $50 million annual appropriation from Health Care Trust Fund revenues beginning in 2010-2011 fiscal year

Expands Biomedical Research Advisory Council from 11 to 13 members, establishes 4-year staggered terms (instead of 3-year terms), and allows council to recommend up to one-third of program allocations for researcher recruitment, start-up grants, and equipment purchases

Reduces administrative expense caps from 15 percent to 7.5 percent for James and Esther King Program and from 10 percent to 7.5 percent for William G. "Bill" Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program

Creates Florida Cancer Control and Resource Advisory Council within H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center with 32+ member organizations; council shall develop Florida Cancer Plan, create Cancer Control Collaborative Program within Department of Health, and develop written summaries of breast and prostate cancer treatment alternatives for patient distribution

Repeals Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force, Florida Cancer Council, and related statutes; authorizes Department of Health to accept gifts for research program awards; removes program expiration dates previously scheduled for January 1, 2011