The Florida Senate HOUSE MESSAGE SUMMARY Prepared By: The Professional Staff of the Committee on Health Policy [2022s00768.hms.hp] 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.