Florida House bill in Session 2026.
Status: failed. Latest action: March 13, 2026.
Medical Examiners' Duties.
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.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-13 | Status | failed |
| 2026-03-13 | Latest Action | House - Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee |