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Committee recommends changes to death-certificate process, seeks to reduce family costs
Summary
The committee favorably recommended first-substitute House Bill 493 to reprogram death-certificate forms and clarify when the medical examiner is involved; sponsor said the goal is to reduce unnecessary medical-examiner reviews and unexpected costs to families.
The Senate Judiciary committee voted to favorably recommend first-substitute House Bill 493, a measure that would change how death certificates are completed and reduce unnecessary medical-examiner involvement.
Representative Ward, sponsor of HB 493, told the committee the medical examiner is being involved in an increasing share of deaths in the state — a trend that raises…
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