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WI SB192

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jesse James

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes fatality review teams in state law as multidisciplinary groups that review deaths including suicides, overdoses, homicides, motor vehicle incidents, child abuse deaths, maternal deaths, and unexpected child deaths to develop prevention recommendations

  • Requires the Department of Health Services to create a fatality review program with local teams established optionally by municipalities, counties, or tribal health departments, and authorizes DHS to create state-level teams

  • Grants fatality review teams access to records from law enforcement, medical examiners, health care providers, schools, child protective services, and the prescription drug monitoring program for overdose, suicide, and maternal mortality reviews

  • Makes all information provided to or created by fatality review teams confidential and exempt from public records laws, discovery, and subpoena, and prohibits team members from testifying about information obtained through reviews

  • Takes effect on the first day of the 13th month after publication

Legislative Description

Fatality review teams and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Last Action

Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Health4/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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