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Committee approves bill requiring autopsies within 72 hours when requested by prosecutors or courts
Summary
The Senate Government Organization Committee voted to report House Bill 2358 to the full Senate after adopting a committee amendment that clarifies the 72-hour autopsy trigger and requires timely delivery of autopsy reports to prosecutors.
The Senate Government Organization Committee on Oct. 12 reported House Bill 2358 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass as amended.
The bill would require autopsies to be conducted within 72 hours of the time the decedent was received by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner when a prosecuting attorney, a circuit court, or another court of record having criminal jurisdiction in the county requests the autopsy. It also requires a copy of the autopsy report be provided to the prosecuting…
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