URGENT: Act Before February 9 to Get Florida SIDS Bills on Committee Agendas!

Florida’s two Medical Examiners’ Duties Bills—also known as the “SIDS bills”—are in danger of dying on the vine if they don’t get placed on the relevant committee agendas in the House and Senate by February 9.

SB188 is in the Florida Senate Health Policy Committee and HB819 is in the Florida House Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee – but both still need to be officially placed on the committees’ agendas in order to advance.

This landmark legislation will establish long overdue guidelines for more thorough investigation of sudden and unexpected deaths in youth. Only through increased consistency, transparency and accountability in reporting on these devastating events will we be able to prevent future loss of life, including to infants,children, and young adults.

It’s critical that you take action TODAY by contacting the Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs both through this alert and by phone, urging them to add SB188 and HB819 to the Senate and House Committee agendas by February 9. Please share this alert with fellow Floridians and encourage them to act as well. We need to have maximum impact on the decision-makers overseeing these groundbreaking bills.

Florida Senate Health Policy Committee:
Chair: Senator Colleen Burton
850-487-5012

Vice Chair: Senator Gayle Harrell
850-487-5031

Senate Majority Leader: Senator Jim Boyd
850-487-5020

Florida House Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee:
Chair: Representative Kaylee Tuck
850-717-5083

Vice Chair: Representative Robbie Brackett
850-717-5034

Speaker of the Florida House: Representative Daniel Perez
850-717-5000

Florida Senate Majority Leader: Senator Jim Boyd
850-487-5020