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House committee refines process for public access to autopsy reports, gives court decision authority
Summary
House Human Services amended S210 to let probate courts decide whether petitioners may obtain autopsy reports, set notification and response timelines, and allow refiling when material information changes; the House proposed the amendment to the Senate and ordered third reading.
The House Human Services Committee presented and the House approved a committee amendment to Senate Bill S210, which establishes a process for certain people close to a decedent to seek access to autopsy reports through the probate division of superior court.
Representative Steady (Milton), speaking for the committee, said the procedure requires a petitioner to notify the medical examiner and the state's…
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