Assembly Bill 192 establishes fatality review teams in Wisconsin, which are multidisciplinary and multiagency groups tasked with reviewing specific types of deaths among children and adults to develop recommendations aimed at preventing similar future deaths. The bill outlines the responsibilities of these teams, including their ability to access certain records, maintain confidentiality, and disclose information under specific conditions. It also mandates the Department of Health Services (DHS) to create a fatality review program that includes local teams formed by municipalities, counties, or health departments, and grants DHS the authority to create state-level teams if desired.

The bill includes provisions for record access and confidentiality, ensuring that information obtained by the teams is protected and not subject to public records laws. It specifies that team members must sign confidentiality agreements and prohibits them from testifying in civil or criminal actions regarding information obtained during team meetings. Additionally, the bill exempts fatality review team meetings from Wisconsin's open meetings law while allowing for public meetings to share summary findings, albeit with restrictions on the information disclosed. Key insertions in the bill include the creation of new statutes related to fatality review teams and amendments to existing laws to facilitate their operation and ensure confidentiality.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 48.396(1), 48.396, 48.396(2)(a), 48.78(2)(a), 48.78, 48.981(7)(a)15, 48.981