HB 0089 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Health Care recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to the disposition of fetal remains;
12	creating s. 383.33625, F.S.; providing a popular name;
13	providing that where a health care practitioner has
14	custody of a fetus following a spontaneous fetal demise,
15	the health practitioner must notify the mother of her
16	option to burial or cremation of the fetal remains;
17	providing requirements with respect to notification and
18	election; directing the Department of Health to develop
19	forms by rule for health practitioners; providing that
20	where a facility has custody of fetal remains following a
21	spontaneous fetal demise, the facility must notify the
22	mother of her option to burial or cremation of the fetal
23	remains; providing requirements with respect to
24	notification and election; directing the Agency for Health
25	Care Administration to develop forms by rule for
26	facilities; providing an effective date.
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28	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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30	Section 1. Section 383.33625, Florida Statutes, is created
31	to read:
32	383.33625 Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act;
33	disposition of fetus; notification; forms developed.--
34	(1) This section shall be known by the popular name, and
35	may be cited as, the “Stephanie Saboor Grieving Parents Act.”
36	(2) A health care practitioner licensed pursuant to
37	chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 464, or chapter 467 having
38	custody of fetal remains following a spontaneous fetal demise
39	occurring after a gestation period of less than 20 completed
40	weeks must notify the mother of her option to arrange for the
41	burial or cremation of the fetal remains. Notification may also
42	include other options, such as, but not limited to, a ceremony,
43	a certificate, or common burial of the fetal remains. The mother
44	must elect, in writing, within 24 hours of notification if she
45	chooses to arrange for burial or cremation of the fetal remains.
46	(3) The Department of Health shall develop forms, by rule,
47	to be used by the health care practitioner for notifications and
48	elections and the health care practitioner shall provide the
49	forms to the mother.
50	(4) A facility licensed pursuant to chapters 383 and 395
51	having custody of fetal remains following a spontaneous fetal
52	demise occurring after a gestation period of less than 20
53	completed weeks must notify the mother of her option to arrange
54	for the burial or cremation of the fetal remains. Notification
55	may also include other options such as, but not limited to, a
56	ceremony, a certificate, or common burial of the fetal remains.
57	The mother must elect, in writing, within 24 hours of
58	notification if she chooses to arrange for burial or cremation
59	of the fetal remains.
60	(5) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall
61	develop forms, by rule, to be used by the facility for
62	notifications and elections and the hospital shall provide the
63	forms to the mother.
64	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.