Bill > S1752

Introduced Session

An act relating to suicide and drug overdose prevention; creating ss. 394.47893 and 394.47894, F.S.; providing legislative intent and purpose; creating the Drug Overdose Death Review Committee and the Suicide Death Review Committee, respectively, within the Department of Health for specified purposes; requiring local public health departments to establish local review committees for a specified purpose; providing for membership of the committees and duties of the Drug Overdose Death Review Committee and the Suicide Death Review Committee, respectively; authorizing external stakeholders to review specified information; providing for stakeholder participation; requiring the Drug Overdose Death Review Committee and the Suicide Death Review Committee, respectively, to annually submit a report to the Department of Health and the Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council by a specified date; providing requirements for the report; authorizing the chair of the committees to access certain records; authorizing the committees to access certain records and information; authorizing providers to charge a specified fee for records; providing requirements for and prohibitions on the use of such records and information; authorizing the chair of the Drug Overdose Death Review Committee and the Suicide Death Review Committee, respectively, to issue subpoenas for records; providing construction; providing that persons who attend a committee meeting or otherwise participate in committee activities may not be required to testify in any proceeding as to any records or information related to such meetings or activities; providing certain entities and persons immunity from liability for participating in or furnishing records or information to a committee; providing applicability; authorizing the Department of Health, or any political subdivision of the state operating a local review committee, to administer certain funds for the operation of the committees, apply for grants and accept donations, and, to the extent funds are available, hire staff or consultants and reimburse reasonable expenses; authorizing the State Surgeon General or a county or city administrator to substitute certain existing entities for purposes of carrying out the responsibilities of the committees; requiring each regional managing director of the Department of Children and Families to appoint a local review committee representative; providing requirements for the representative; requiring the Department of Health to adopt rules; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Nick DiCeglie (R)*, 

Introduced (on 01/22/2026)

Official Document