Florida HOME | LAWS | ORGANIZATIONS | CASES | LEGISLATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 11, 2001 Senate Bill 1018: The "Government Nanny" Bill Author: Senator Ken Pruitt Summary: S.B. 1018 creates a new big government program called "Learning Gateway," which will "provide systematic hospital visits or home visits by trained staff to new mothers." The purpose of S.B. 1018 is to "screen" children from birth to age 9 for "biological, environmental, and behavioral risks," and "learning problems." Further, Learning Gateway providers will conduct "intake with families," conduct "needs/strength-based assessments of families," and "make referrals for needed services" and "developmental monitoring." This will ...