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KYSB17PassAmends KRS 213.076 to provide that a coroner shall complete a medical certification within five working days after receiving the results of an inquiry required by KRS 72.400 to 72.475 or when the cause of death is unknown or under investigation; and ...
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 83)
KYHB166PassCreates a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define “SUDEP,” to update autopsy requirements, to require the Vital Statistics Branch to forward a copy of the death certificate to the North American SUDEP Registry if sudden unexpected death in epile...
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2024-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 98)
KYSB163Engross

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Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of a dead body to have the body buried or cremated; direct that the decision between burial or cremation be made by the governmental entity bearing the expense.
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2024-03-26
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KYHB187Intro

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 213 to establish the Kentucky Indigent Persons' Burial Program; create in the State Treasury a fund entitled the Kentucky indigent person burial trust fund to provide funds to defray the costs of funeral expenses f...
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2024-03-01
To House State Government Committee
KYHB480Intro

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Amend KRS 72.425 to require a coroner to perform an autopsy on a decedent when the death of the person is not a coroner's case if a request is made by written consent by the decedent's spouse, the next of kin, or the person who assumes the responsibi...
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2024-02-07
To House Committee On Committees
KYHB32Intro

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Amend KRS 311.601 to require an option of one-half hour of continuing education on the completion of a certificate of death for physicians to meet the 7.5 hours of approved continuing education in KRS 218A.205; amend KRS 311.844 to require an option ...
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2024-01-02
To House Committee On Committees
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