Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H819: Medical Examiners' Duties
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Specifies autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden & unexpected deaths in young individuals; requires medical examiners to document certain information in autopsy reports for such cases; requires medical examiners to report specified cases to national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death & Sudden Death in Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by DOH & United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; requires department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in specified timeframe; provides that compliance with specified provisions is deemed permissible disclosure for purposes of state & federal medical privacy laws.
What the bill says
An act relating to medical examiners' duties; amending s. 406.11, F.S.; defining terms; specifying autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden and unexpected deaths; requiring medical examiners to document certain information in the autopsy reports for such cases; 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…
From the introduced text, December 18, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to medical examiners' duties; amending s. 406.11, F.S.; defining terms; specifying autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden and unexpected deaths; requiring medical examiners to document certain information in the autopsy reports for such cases; 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; providing that compliance with specified provisions is deemed a permissible disclosure for purposes of state and federal medical privacy laws; authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing an effective date. WHEREAS, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention operates the Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry, a national surveillance program coordinated with the National Institutes of Health to words underlined are additions. hb819-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 819 2026 establish a valuable repository of information for researchers studying the characteristics of sudden deaths in young individuals, and WHEREAS, district medical examiners in this state are currently not required to report to the registry, resulting in inconsistent data collection, …
Sponsors
- Jenna Persons-Mulicka (R, 78) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H819?
- H819 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Medical Examiners' Duties.
- What does H819 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to medical examiners' duties; amending s. 406.11, F.S.; defining terms; specifying autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden and unexpected deaths; requiring medical examiners to document certain information in the autopsy reports for such cases; 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…
- What is the status of H819?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H819?
- Jenna Persons-Mulicka (R, 78).
- Where is the official record for H819?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/819
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