Introduced
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To require Department of Community Health to establish an “unclaimed body program” that would refer unclaimed bodies either to medical schools or to “preferred provider” funeral homes in different counties, who would be paid to supervise the final disposition according to standards and procedures specified or authorized in the bill.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the Senate 28 to 8 (details)
To create a state "Anatomy Board" comprised of designated medical school representatives, , within the Department of Community Health (DCH), which would allocate unclaimed bodies to teaching institutions, hospitals, and other people that required them for educational use. This entity would also develop criteria, standards, and procedures for which unclaimed bodies are suitable for scientific use. The bill would also require the authority person in charge of a decedent's body to attempt to identify and notify the family member or other person who would have final say over to make decisions about the body.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
