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Potter County adopts rotating body‑transport policy, adds small body‑bag fees
Summary
The Commissioners Court approved a one‑year trial of a rotating list for body transport services and added $20 and $30 county reimbursements for standard and oversized body bags; the county will pay only for transports later determined to be indigent or ordered by a justice of the peace.
Potter County Commissioners Court on Oct. 13 adopted a policy to rotate body‑transport companies used to move decedents, aiming to limit county payment to cases later determined indigent or when a justice of the peace orders an autopsy.
Jackson, who presented the proposal developed with funeral homes and transport providers, said the rotation would place transport companies on a preapproved list for justices to call and that…
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