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Grieving mother urges Connecticut to adopt short-form death certificate to spare families painful disclosures
Summary
A mother who lost her son in 2024 urged the Public Health Committee to add short‑form death certificates to Connecticut law so that families can avoid repeatedly exposing sensitive cause‑of‑death details when they must present paperwork for routine transactions.
Representative Brian Lanou and a constituent, Natasha Masden, told the Public Health Committee that House Bill 7157 should include a short‑form death certificate option that omits cause and manner of death from the form routinely presented to banks, employers and other institutions.
At the March 10 hearing, Masden described repeated distress when the traditional long form — which lists cause and manner of death — is viewed by strangers. "Every time I have to share that document, I am forced to confront deeply personal details about his passing," she said, urging lawmakers to create a companion document that confirms death without disclosing the…
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