A South Florida lawmaker is taking action following an NBC6 investigation about the death of a young mother at a post-surgery recovery home.

State Rep. Felicia Robinson (D–District 104) filed a bill that aims to increase regulations for these properties in response to the death of 28-year-old Ahmonique Miller, whose story NBC6 Investigates first reported earlier this year.

Miller had traveled from Las Vegas to Miami with her 19-year-old sister, Kiera Barnes, for cosmetic procedures. The sisters paid to stay at what police later described as an illegal post-surgical recovery house. Within hours of arriving at the home following her surgery, Miller was dead, according to a police report.

The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner determined she died from a combination of prescription painkillers

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