Senate Bill sb2082

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2082

    By Senator Webster





    9-815A-03                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the disposition of fetal

  3         remains; creating s. 383.33625, F.S.; providing

  4         a popular name; providing that where a health

  5         practitioner has custody of fetal remains

  6         following a spontaneous fetal demise, the

  7         health practitioner must notify the mother of

  8         her option of burial or cremation of the fetal

  9         remains; providing requirements with respect to

10         notification; directing the Department of

11         Health to develop forms for health

12         practitioners; providing that where a facility

13         has custody of fetal remains following a

14         spontaneous fetal demise, the facility must

15         notify the mother of her option of burial or

16         cremation of the fetal remains; directing the

17         Agency for Health Care Administration to

18         develop forms for facilities; providing an

19         effective date.

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21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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23         Section 1.  Section 383.33625, Florida Statutes, is

24  created to read:

25         383.33625  Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act;

26  disposition of fetus; notification; forms developed.--

27         (1)  This section shall be known by the popular name

28  the "Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act."

29         (2)  A health care practitioner licensed pursuant to

30  chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 464, or chapter 467, Florida

31  Statutes, having custody of fetal remains following a

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2082
    9-815A-03                                               See HB




 1  spontaneous fetal demise occurring after a gestation period of

 2  less than 20 completed weeks must notify the mother of her

 3  option to arrange for the burial or cremation of the fetal

 4  remains. Notification may also include other options such as,

 5  but not limited to, a ceremony, a certificate, or common

 6  burial of the fetal remains.

 7         (3) The Department of Health shall adopt rules to

 8  develop forms to be used for notifications and elections by

 9  the healthcare practitioner, and the health care practitioner

10  shall provide the forms to the mother.

11         (4)  A facility licensed pursuant to chapter 383 or

12  chapter 395, Florida Statutes, having custody of fetal remains

13  following a spontaneous fetal demise occurring after a

14  question period of less than 20 completed weeks must notify

15  the mother of her option to arrange for the burial or

16  cremation of the fetal remains. Notification may also include

17  other options such as, but not limited to, a ceremony, a

18  certificate, or common burial of the fetal remains.

19         (5)  The Agency for Health Care Administration shall

20  adopt rules to develop forms to be used for notifications and

21  elections by the facility, and the hospital shall provide the

22  forms to the mother.

23         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

24  law.

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