Bill Sponsor
Florida House Bill 819
Session 2026
Medical Examiners' Duties
Active
Active
Failed in House on Mar 13, 2026
First Action
Dec 18, 2025
Latest Action
Mar 13, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
819
State
Florida
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
House Votes (0)
House votes are unavailable for this bill.
Summary
Medical Examiners' Duties; Specifies autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden & unexpected deaths in young individuals; requires medical examiners to document certain information in autopsy reports for such cases; requires medical examiners to report specified cases to national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death & Sudden Death in Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by DOH & United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; requires department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in specified timeframe; provides that compliance with specified provisions is deemed permissible disclosure for purposes of state & federal medical privacy laws.
Actions (7)
03/13/2026
House
Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
01/13/2026
House
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
01/05/2026
House
Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
01/05/2026
House
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
01/05/2026
House
Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
01/05/2026
House
Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
12/18/2025
House
Filed
Sources
Record Created
Jan 18, 2026 2:34:13 AM
Record Updated
Mar 27, 2026 1:43:12 PM