SB 188: Medical Examiners’ Duties

GENERAL BILL by Garcia

Medical Examiners’ Duties; Specifying autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden and unexpected deaths; requiring medical examiners to report specified cases to the national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by the Department of Health and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; requiring the department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in a specified timeframe, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 10/14/2025 01:51 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 1124 by Garcia Public Records/Autopsy Reports of Certain Sudden and Unexpected deaths Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Health Policy	Linked
  H 819 by Persons-Mulicka Medical Examiners' Duties Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee	Similar
  H 821 by Persons-Mulicka Pub. Rec./Autopsy Reports of Sudden and Expected Deaths Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee	Compare

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  406.11

  Examinations, investigations, and autopsies.

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  10/14/2025	S	• Filed
  11/3/2025	S	• Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Health Policy