STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

HOUSE BILL 1352	By:	McAffrey

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public health and safety; providing that next of kin of certain persons may request open hearing relating to cause of death; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 949A of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Upon request, the next of kin of any person whose death is investigated by the Office of the Chief medical Examiner shall have the opportunity to ask the Chief Medical Examiner or a designee in open hearing questions relating to the cause of death and all other relevant information concerning the death.   
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

53-1-5508	AM	01/18/11