HB 819: Medical Examiners' Duties

GENERAL BILL by Persons-Mulicka

Medical Examiners' Duties; Specifies autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden & unexpected deaths in young individuals; requires medical examiners to document certain information in autopsy reports for such cases; requires medical examiners to report specified cases to national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death & Sudden Death in Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by DOH & United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; requires department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in specified timeframe; provides that compliance with specified provisions is deemed permissible disclosure for purposes of state & federal medical privacy laws.

Current Bill Version Posted: 12/18/2025 11:49 AM

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  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	Linked
  S 188 by Garcia Medical Examiners’ Duties Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Health Policy	Similar
  S 1124 by Garcia Public Records/Autopsy Reports of Certain Sudden and Unexpected deaths Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Health Policy	Compare

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  406.11

  Examinations, investigations, and autopsies.

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/18/2025	H	• Filed
  1/5/2026	H	• Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee • Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3/13/2026	H	• Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee