Virginia House Bill 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 7 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433)

Identification of body by next of kin. Provides that, upon the death of any person from trauma, injury, violence, poisoning, accident, suicide or homicide, or suddenly when in apparent good health, or when unattended by a physician, or in jail, prison, other correctional institution or in police custody, or who is a patient or resident of a state mental health or mental retardation facility, or suddenly as an apparent result of fire, or in any suspicious, unusual or unnatural manner, or the sudden death of any infant less than eighteen months of age whose death is suspected to be attributable to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), good faith efforts shall be made by such person or institution having custody of the dead body to identify and to notify the next of kin of the decedent. This bill also requires that notification shall include informing the person presumed to be the next of kin that he has a right to have identification of the decedent confirmed without due delay and without being held financially responsible for any procedures performed for the purpose of the identification. This bill also eliminates a provision requiring the person, institution or agent of such person or institution having custody of the dead body to attempt to obtain consent for removal of the pituitary or other organs, glands, eyes or tissues for use in transplants or therapy.

Decedent; identification of body by next of kin.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433)
2008-03-07		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 433 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-03-03		Senate: Signed by President
2008-02-29		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-02-29		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB278ER)
2008-02-29		House: Enrolled
2008-02-27		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
2008-02-27		House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
2008-02-26		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-25		Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-25		Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-25		Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
2008-02-25		Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
2008-02-25		Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
2008-02-25		Senate: Reading of amendment waived
2008-02-25		Senate: Read third time
2008-02-22		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-21		Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2008-02-12		Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Care
2008-01-16		Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2008-01-16		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2008-01-16		House: Communicated to Senate
2008-01-15		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2008-01-15		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2008-01-14		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB278H1
2008-01-14		House: Committee substitute agreed to 088542784-H1
2008-01-14		House: Read second time
2008-01-11		House: Committee substitute printed 088542784-H1
2008-01-11		House: Read first time
2008-01-10		House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2008-01-02		House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2008-01-02		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086103784

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB278