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CS/CS/HB 253: Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee ; Driskell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Cortes ; Joseph ; Polo ; Polsky ; Watson, B.

Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams; Authorizes state attorney, or his or her designee, to initiate elder abuse fatality review team in his or her judicial circuit to review deaths of elderly persons; provides for membership, operations, meetings, & duties of review teams; provides reporting requirements; provides immunity from monetary liability under certain conditions.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/9/2020 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 400 (Ch. 2020-17) -HJ 995
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/30/2019 House • Filed
    10/10/2019 House • Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 25
    10/31/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 11/07/19, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
    11/7/2019 House • CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 290
    11/8/2019 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
    11/13/2019 House • Now in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee -HJ 383
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 25
    • CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 278
    1/17/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, 01/22/20, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
    1/22/2020 House • Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 422
    • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 422
    2/14/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
    2/18/2020 House • CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 628
    2/20/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 623
    2/21/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 638
    3/9/2020 House • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 400 (Ch. 2020-17) -HJ 995

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  • CS/CS/HB 253, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/20/2020 at 7:04 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 400 (er) Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams Gibson Identical Last Action: 6/10/2020 Chapter No. 2020-17

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    415.1103 Page 2 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 253, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 11/8/2019 at 10:37 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 7/1/2020 (pdf)
    Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/22/2020 (pdf)
    Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/20/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 400 Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams Gibson Similar Last Action: 6/10/2020 Chapter No. 2020-17

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    082615 - Amendment
    Remove lines 32-92 and insert:
    Driskell 2/17/2020
    7:58 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    2/18/2020
    PDF
    141933 - Amendment
    Remove lines 88-89 and insert:
    Driskell 1/21/2020
    1:50 PM
    Withdrawn Prior to Consideration
    1/21/2020
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    415.1103 Page 2 (pdf)

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  • HB 253, Original Filed Version Posted 9/30/2019 at 1:32 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 400 Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams Gibson Identical Last Action: 6/10/2020 Chapter No. 2020-17

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    294083 - Amendment
    Remove line 94 and insert:
    Driskell 11/6/2019
    6:01 PM
    Adopted without Objection
    11/7/2019
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    415.1103 Page 2 (pdf)

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