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CS/SB 864: Surrendered Newborn Infants

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Baxley

Surrendered Newborn Infants; Authorizing hospitals, emergency medical services stations, and fire stations to use newborn safety devices to accept surrendered newborn infants under certain circumstances; requiring such hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station to visually check and test the device within specified timeframes; providing additional locations under which the prohibition on the initiation of criminal investigations based solely on the surrendering of a newborn infant applies, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/12/2019 Senate • Filed
    11/21/2019 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules -SJ 65
    1/9/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/14/20, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 65
    • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 3 -SJ 155
    1/15/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    1/16/2020 Senate • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
    1/22/2020 Senate • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 187
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

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  • CS/SB 864, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/15/2020 at 9:43 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1217 Surrendered Newborn Infants Beltran Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Health Policy Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    63.0423 Procedures with respect to surrendered infants. Page 4 (pdf)
    383.50 Treatment of surrendered newborn infant. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 864, Original Filed Version Posted 11/12/2019 at 9:49 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 1/13/2020 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 1/15/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1217 Surrendered Newborn Infants Beltran Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Health Policy Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    975078 - Amendment
    Delete lines 42 - 44 and insert:     		Health Policy
    (Baxley)     		1/10/2020
    12:15 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/14/2020     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/14/2020 2:30 PM Health Policy 7 Yeas - 3 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    63.0423 Procedures with respect to surrendered infants. Page 4 (pdf)
    383.50 Treatment of surrendered newborn infant. Page 1 (pdf)

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