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Subcommittee amends H4188 to clarify handling of unidentified and unclaimed remains
Summary
A legislative subcommittee approved amendments to H4188 that define 'unidentified' and 'unclaimed' bodies and allow coroners to take custody and arrange disposal when no one will assume financial responsibility; the measure was forwarded to the full committee.
The subcommittee approved an amendment to H4188 that rewrites how unidentified and unclaimed human remains are defined and handled, and moved the bill to the full committee.
Paula, the subcommittee staff member who presented the draft, said staff consulted three coroners and prepared language "to define what an unidentified and an unclaimed body is and to specify in particular with an unclaimed body if there…
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