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House passes bill requiring drug testing and reporting after mass-shooting autopsies
Summary
House Bill 1349 requires medical examiners to test decedents in mass shootings for psychotropic drugs, to consult treating providers and to submit data for a study. The House approved the bill 76-20 with one present but not voting.
The Tennessee House on Friday passed House Bill 1349, a measure requiring county medical examiners or regional forensic centers to test decedents in mass shootings for the presence of psychotropic and other drugs, to consult treating mental-health professionals and to provide limited results for study and reporting.
Sponsor Chair Jolene Littleton described the bill as targeting incidents in which a decedent is suspected of committing a mass shooting that resulted in four or more deaths. Under the…
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