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Senate adopts conference committee report on House Bill 1194, shortens hospital blood-sample retention window
Summary
On April 22, 2025, the Indiana Senate adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 1194, reducing required laboratory retention of certain blood samples from 30 days to 21 days and assigning county responsibility for autopsies in criminal cases; the measure passed 43-1.
The Indiana Senate on April 22, 2025, adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 1194, making two changes to the Senate-passed version that affect hospital handling of postmortem blood samples and county autopsy responsibility.
Senator Dorio, presenting the conference committee report, said the panel “makes two small changes” to the Senate version regarding the storage and retention of blood samples by hospitals. The report lowers the period a laboratory must retain the samples in some instances from 30 days to 21…
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