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SB68 Alabama 2020 Session

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1 Bill Summary
2 Bill Actions
3 Bill Calendar
4 Bill Text
5 Bill Votes
6 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Linda Coleman-Madison

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Medical Examiners, required to notify next of kin when retaining organ of deceased, prohibit medical examiner for retaining organ for use not in conjunction with autopsy

Description

Existing law does not require a medical examiner performing his or her duties in any county in this state to notify the next of kin when retaining a deceased person's organ or organs for additional testing that is required to determine the cause or manner of death

This bill would require a medical examiner performing his or her duties in any county in this state to notify the next of kin, through the appropriate law enforcement agency, when retaining a deceased person's organ or organs for additional testing that is required to determine the cause or manner of death

This bill would also prohibit a medical examiner who is performing his or her duties in any county in this state from retaining an organ of the deceased for research or any other purpose not in conjunction with a determination of identification, cause, or manner of death without notification to, and approval by, the appropriate next of kin

Relating to medical examiners; to require medical examiners to notify the next of kin, through the appropriate law enforcement agency, when retaining a deceased person's organ or organs for additional testing related to a determination of the cause or manner of death; and to prohibit medical examiners from retaining an organ of the deceased for research or other purposes not in conjunction with a determination of identification, cause, or manner of death without notification to, and approval by, the next of kin.

Subjects

Medical Examiners

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
March 12, 2020	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
March 12, 2020	S	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 384
March 12, 2020	S	Third Reading Passed
February 27, 2020	S	Reported from Healthcare as Favorable
February 4, 2020	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare