HB24-1088 Summary

• Repeals the requirement that local or regional child fatality prevention review teams conduct reviews of child fatalities related to motor vehicle incidents.

• Transfers appointment authority for local and regional review team members to boards of county commissioners, with coordination between counties for multi-county teams.

• Repeals the requirement that review teams examine the cause and manner of death as determined by coroners, pathologists, or medical examiners.

• Requires local and regional review teams to provide parents or guardians with written notice at least 14 days before reviews, an opportunity to be heard, an opportunity to obtain legal representation, and an opportunity to dispute findings before they are entered into data systems.

• Repeals the requirement that state review teams conduct reviews of child fatality cases that have not been reviewed by local or regional teams, while adding parental notification and legal representation requirements to state reviews.