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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



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