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HB 1217: Surrendered Newborn Infants

GENERAL BILL by Beltran ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ausley ; Eskamani ; Fetterhoff ; Sabatini ; Sirois ; Smith, D. ; Stone ; Yarborough

Surrendered Newborn Infants; Authorizes hospitals, emergency medical services stations, & fire stations to use newborn safety devices to accept surrendered newborn infants under certain circumstances; requires such entities to visually check & test device within specified timeframes; adds locations under which prohibition on initiation of criminal investigations based solely on surrendering of newborn infant applies.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/9/2020 House • Filed
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 108
    1/17/2020 House • Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 399
    1/31/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 8:00 am, Mashburn Hall
    2/4/2020 House • Favorable by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 487
    • Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 487
    2/7/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/11/20, 1:30 pm, Reed Hall
    2/11/2020 House • Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -HJ 550
    • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 550
    2/14/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
    2/18/2020 House • Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 607
    2/19/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 607
    2/27/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/20
    3/3/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 715
    • Amendment(s) failed (325181) -HJ 715
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    3/4/2020 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 740
    • Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 2 -HJ 741
    3/4/2020 Senate • In Messages
    3/5/2020 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules -SJ 475
    • Received -SJ 475
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Health Policy

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  • HB 1217, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/9/2020 at 2:23 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Health Market Reform Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/4/2020 (pdf)
    Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/11/2020 (pdf)
    Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/19/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 864 (c1) Surrendered Newborn Infants Baxley Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    325181 - Amendment
    Between lines 54 and 55, insert:     		Jenne 2/28/2020
    1:58 PM     		House: Failed
    3/3/2020     		PDF

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/3/2020 5:38 PM House - Amendment 325181 42 Yeas - 68 Nays
    3/4/2020 2:00 PM House 117 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    63.0423 Procedures with respect to surrendered infants. Page 5 (pdf)
    383.50 Treatment of surrendered newborn infant. Page 2 (pdf)

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