Bill Text: FL S0584 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Medical Examiners

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Health Policy [S0584 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0584-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 584
       
       
        
       By Senator Lee
       
       
       
       
       
       24-00733-14                                            2014584__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to medical examiners; amending s.
    3         382.011, F.S.; clarifying the circumstances under
    4         which a case must be referred to the district medical
    5         examiner for an investigation and determination of
    6         cause of death; amending s. 406.06, F.S.; prohibiting
    7         medical examiners from charging user fees for
    8         specified services involving a determination of cause
    9         of death; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 382.011, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         382.011 Medical examiner determination of cause of death.—
   16         (1) In the case of a any death or fetal death involving any
   17  of the circumstances due to causes or conditions listed in s.
   18  406.11(1) 406.11, which any death that occurred more than 12
   19  months after the decedent was last treated by a primary or
   20  attending physician identified as defined in s. 382.008(3), or
   21  any death for which there is reason to believe that the death
   22  may have been due to an unlawful act or neglect, the funeral
   23  director or other person to whose attention the death may come
   24  shall refer the case to the district medical examiner of the
   25  county in which the death occurred or the body was found for
   26  investigation and determination of the cause of death.
   27         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 406.06, Florida
   28  Statutes, is amended to read:
   29         406.06 District medical examiners; associates; suspension
   30  of medical examiners.—
   31         (3) District medical examiners and associate medical
   32  examiners are shall be entitled to compensation and such
   33  reasonable salary and fees as are established by the board of
   34  county commissioners in the respective districts; however, a
   35  medical examiner or a county may not charge a user fee for an
   36  examination, investigation, or autopsy performed pursuant to s.
   37  406.11.
   38         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.