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House OKs bill directing medical examiners to test mass-shooting decedents for psychotropic drugs and require a study
Summary
The Tennessee House passed a bill directing county medical examiners or regional forensic centers to test decedents in mass shootings for psychotropic and other drugs and to share results with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy for a study.
The Tennessee House voted to approve Senate Bill 1146 (considered on the floor as House Bill 1349), which requires county medical examiner offices or regional forensic centers conducting autopsies on decedents suspected of committing mass shootings resulting in four or more deaths to test for the presence of drugs, including psychotropic medications. The measure also requires the medical examiner’s office to disclose drug-use data (limited to the decedent) to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy and to the Department of Health; the university is directed to study drug…
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