Relating to: fatality review teams and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
SB 192 creates a statewide framework for fatality review teams to examine preventable deaths, specifically focusing on maternal deaths, child abuse/neglect, overdoses, homicides, and other reviewable deaths like stillbirths or unexpected child fatalities. The bill establishes definitions for local and state teams, requires the Department of Health to support their development, and allows healthcare providers to share patient health records confidentially with these teams for review purposes. This directly affects hospitals, healthcare providers (who must share records under strict confidentiality rules), and local/state agencies (which must form or support these teams). The key mechanism is enabling secure, confidential record-sharing between healthcare systems and fatality review teams to identify patterns and prevent future deaths, without altering public access to most records.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 14, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Amendments
2
Feb 23, 2026
Introduced
Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator James
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Introduced
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Senator James;
cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Callahan, Snyder, O'Connor and Mursau
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jesse James
RRepublican
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