Chief Patron: Seibold
HB 689 OCME Publish Information on Website on Certain Deaths (language only)

Item 273 #8h

Explanation

(This amendment provides $50,000 from the general fund the first year for the fiscal impact of House Bill 689, which requires the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to take certain actions upon the finding that an individual died from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), defined in the bill. The bill directs the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to publish information on SUDEP and a SUDEP death investigation form on its website. Additionally, the bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner and local medical examiners to complete training in the investigation of SUDEP on a triennial basis. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.)