Senate Bill sb2082e1

    SB 2082                                        First Engrossed



  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, as well as

17         procedures pertaining thereto; directing the

18         Agency for Health Care Administration to

19         develop forms for facilities; providing an

20         effective date.

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

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24         Section 1.  Section 383.33625, Florida Statutes, is

25  created to read:

26         383.33625  Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act;

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

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

29  the "Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act."

30         (2)  A health care practitioner licensed pursuant to

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


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    SB 2082                                        First Engrossed



 1  Statutes, having custody of fetal remains following a

 2  spontaneous fetal demise occurring after a gestation period of

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

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

 5  remains, as well as the procedures provided by general law.

 6  Notification may also include other options such as, but not

 7  limited to, a ceremony, a certificate, or common burial of the

 8  fetal remains.

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

10  develop forms to be used for notifications and elections by

11  the health care practitioner, and the health care practitioner

12  shall provide the forms to the mother.

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

14  chapter 395 having custody of fetal remains following a

15  spontaneous fetal demise occurring after a gestation period of

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

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

18  remains, as well as the procedures provided by general law.

19  Notification may also include other options such as, but not

20  limited to, a ceremony, a certificate, or common burial of the

21  fetal remains.

22         (5)  If the mother chooses the option of using the

23  procedures provided by general law, the facility or health

24  care practitioner in custody of fetal remains shall follow the

25  procedures set forth in general law.

26         (6)  The Agency for Health Care Administration shall

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

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

29  forms to the mother.

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

31  law.


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