The Florida Senate
HOUSE MESSAGE SUMMARY
Prepared By: The Professional Staff of the Committee on Health Policy
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BILL: CS/CS/SB 768
INTRODUCER: Senator Rodriguez
SUBJECT: Department of Health
DATE: March 10, 2022
I.Amendments Contained in Message:
House Amendment – 816737 (body with title)
II.Summary of Amendments Contained in Message:
House Amendment 816737 contains the entire contents of the Senate bill, plus two additional
provisions described below. The amendment:
Authorizes the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House to choose former
caregivers of individuals with a rare disease, in addition to current caregivers, when making
appointments of caregivers as members of the Rare Disease Advisory Council; and
Reverses a statutory provision enacted in 2021 by providing that a medical examiner, in
certain circumstances involving the death of a human being, must determine the cause of
death and perform other tasks provided in current law but is not required to certify the death.