SB 790: Surrendered Infants

GENERAL BILL by Yarborough; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Osgood, Perry

Surrendered Infants; Changing the term “newborn infant” to “infant”; increasing the age at which a child is considered an infant; authorizing a parent to leave an infant with medical staff or a licensed health care professional at a hospital after the delivery of the infant, upon the parent giving a certain notification; authorizing a parent to surrender an infant by calling 911 to request that an emergency medical services provider meet the surrendering parent at a specified location, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 12/7/2023 08:31 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 775 (er) by Health & Human Services Committee Surrendered Infants Last Action: 5/30/2024 Chapter No. 2024-213	Similar

• Analyses (6)

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  • Health Policy (Pre-Meeting)   1/12/2024
  • Health Policy (Post-Meeting)   1/16/2024
  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Pre-Meeting)   1/29/2024
  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Post-Meeting)   1/30/2024
  • Rules (Pre-Meeting)   2/7/2024
  • Rules (Post-Meeting)   2/8/2024

• Committee Votes (3)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  1/16/2024 1:30 PM	S 790	Health Policy	7 Yeas - 1 Nays
  1/30/2024 1:00 PM	S 790	Children, Families, and Elder Affairs	7 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/8/2024 8:30 AM	S 790	Rules	19 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (8)

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  39.01	Definitions.	Page 5 (pdf)
  39.201	Required reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, sexual abuse of a child, and juvenile sexual abuse; required reports of death; reports involving a child who has exhibited inappropriate sexual behavior.	Page 7 (pdf)
  63.0423	Procedures with respect to surrendered infants.	Page 8 (pdf)
  63.167	State adoption information center.	Page 10 (pdf)
  383.50	Treatment of surrendered newborn infant.	Page 1 (pdf)
  383.51	Confidentiality; identification of parent leaving newborn infant at hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station.	Page 10 (pdf)
  827.035	Newborn infants.	Page 10 (pdf)
  827.10	Unlawful desertion of a child.	Page 11 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/7/2023	S	• Filed
  12/15/2023	S	• Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
  1/9/2024	S	• Introduced
  1/11/2024	S	• On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/16/24, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  1/16/2024	S	• Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
  1/25/2024	S	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/30/24, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  1/30/2024	S	• Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 • Now in Rules
  2/5/2024	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/08/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/8/2024	S	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2/15/2024	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/21/24
  2/21/2024	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 435 • Substituted CS/HB 775 -SJ 435 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 775 (Ch. 2024-213) -SJ 435