No. HB 1519
Filed under Healthcare.
Use of Substances Affecting Cognitive Function; Requires medical examiners to take specified actions when performing autopsy on decedent who is violent offender; requires that autopsy reports for such individuals include certain findings & information; requires notification of certain findings & information to FDLE, DOH, & AHCA; authorizes release of certain patient records to law enforcement agencies without patient authorization; requires school safety specialists to provide school district staff with certain training on adverse effects of specified substances; specifies requirements for training; requires safe-school officers to complete certain training on adverse effects of specified substances; specifies requirements for training.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDMedical examiners investigating the death of a suspected violent offender must screen for psychotropic drugs and intoxicants, consult the decedent's mental health providers, and report findings to state law enforcement and health agencies.
Health providers must hand over records confirming a suspect's psychotropic drug treatment to any law enforcement agency investigating a violent offender, without the person's consent and without a warrant or court order.
School safety specialists and safe-school officers must be trained to identify and safely de-escalate encounters with students affected by psychotropic drugs or intoxicating substances, including techniques to keep students and staff safe.
AINotwithstanding any other patient-privacy law, a health care provider must furnish records confirming whether a suspected violent offender was ever treated with psychotropic drugs, once a law enforcement agency requests them, without the patient's authorization.
AIWhen a medical examiner's office autopsies a decedent suspected of unprovoked violence, it must identify and consult the person's mental health or primary care providers and order a toxicology screening for psychotropic drugs and intoxicating substances.
AIFindings about a violent offender's intoxicating-substance or psychotropic-drug use discovered during autopsy must be sent to the Department of Law Enforcement, and psychotropic-drug findings, plus the prescribing facility if known, must also go to the Department of Health and AHCA.
AISchool safety specialists must give district staff training on the adverse effects of psychotropic drugs and intoxicating substances on students, including how to identify and de-escalate encounters with students who may be under the influence.
AIEach safe-school officer must complete training on the adverse effects of psychotropic drugs and intoxicating substances on students, including de-escalation techniques to keep students and officers safe.