Florida House Bill 703 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes establishment of elder abuse fatality review teams to review fatal & near-fatal incidents of elder abuse; specifies duties & purpose; provides immunity from liability for acts conducted in furtherance of review team's duties; exempts certain information & records acquired by review team from discovery or introduction into evidence in specified proceedings; prohibits person from being required to testify regarding records or information produced or presented during meetings or other activities of review team; assigning teams to DCF for administrative purposes.

Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams

Rep. Barbara Watson [D]

Rep. John Cortes [D]

Sen. Tracie Davis [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-05	House	Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
2017-05-05	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2017-03-07	House	Introduced
2017-02-15	House	Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2017-02-07	House	Filed

H0705 (Related) 2017-05-05 - Died in Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee
S0518 (Same As) 2017-03-23 - Withdrawn from further consideration
S0520 (Similar To) 2017-03-23 - Withdrawn from further consideration

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
825	107		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/703
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0703/BillText/Filed/PDF