Bill > AB192

This bill establishes and defines "fatality review teams" as multidisciplinary, multiagency groups that examine various types of deaths, including suicides, homicides, overdoses, child abuse, stillbirths, and maternal deaths, with the goal of identifying risk factors and recommending systemic changes to prevent future fatalities. The bill amends existing statutes to allow these teams access to confidential records from various agencies, such as law enforcement, health departments, and child welfare agencies, for the purpose of their reviews, while also ensuring the confidentiality of the information they collect. It also grants immunity from civil or criminal liability to individuals participating in these reviews in good faith and clarifies that meetings of these teams are generally closed to the public, though they may hold public meetings to share summary findings. The bill also creates new statutes to facilitate the creation and operation of these fatality review teams, including provisions for their membership, duties, and the types of deaths they can review, and specifies that this act will take effect on the first day of the 13th month after its publication.

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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab192