SB 188 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Medical Examiners’ Duties

Summary
Medical Examiners’ Duties; Specifying autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden and unexpected deaths; requiring medical examiners to report specified cases to the national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by the Department of Health and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; requiring the department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in a specified timeframe, etc.
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Introduction
Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
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Nov 3, 2025
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Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
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Ileana Garcia
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