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3 | 3 | | HB200 |
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4 | 4 | | 9TZSMBB-1 |
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5 | 5 | | By Representative England |
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6 | 6 | | RFD: Judiciary |
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7 | 7 | | First Read: 20-Feb-24 |
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12 | 12 | | 5 9TZSMBB-1 02/20/2024 CNB (L)bm 2024-755 |
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14 | 14 | | First Read: 20-Feb-24 |
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15 | 15 | | SYNOPSIS: |
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16 | 16 | | Under existing law, a medical examiner is |
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17 | 17 | | required to notify the next of kin if he or she retains |
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18 | 18 | | the organ or organs of a deceased person to determine |
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19 | 19 | | identification or the cause or manner of death. |
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20 | 20 | | Under existing law, a medical examiner may not |
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21 | 21 | | retain a deceased person's organ or organs for any |
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22 | 22 | | reason other than to determine identification or cause |
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23 | 23 | | or manner of death without notification and approval by |
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24 | 24 | | the next of kin. |
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25 | 25 | | This bill would provide that a medical examiner |
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26 | 26 | | commits a Class C felony if he or she retains a |
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27 | 27 | | deceased person's organ or organs without the |
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28 | 28 | | notification and consent of the next of kin in certain |
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29 | 29 | | circumstances. |
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30 | 30 | | Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of |
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31 | 31 | | 2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect |
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32 | 32 | | would be to require a new or increased expenditure of |
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33 | 33 | | local funds from becoming effective with regard to a |
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34 | 34 | | local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 |
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35 | 35 | | vote unless: it comes within one of a number of |
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36 | 36 | | specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected |
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37 | 37 | | entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or |
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38 | 38 | | provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for |
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69 | 69 | | the purpose. |
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70 | 70 | | The purpose or effect of this bill would be to |
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71 | 71 | | require a new or increased expenditure of local funds |
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72 | 72 | | within the meaning of the section. However, the bill |
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73 | 73 | | does not require approval of a local governmental |
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74 | 74 | | entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective |
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75 | 75 | | because it comes within one of the specified exceptions |
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76 | 76 | | contained in the section. |
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77 | 77 | | A BILL |
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78 | 78 | | TO BE ENTITLED |
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79 | 79 | | AN ACT |
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80 | 80 | | Relating to medical examiners; to amend Section |
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81 | 81 | | 22-19-85, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that it is unlawful |
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82 | 82 | | for a medical examiner to retain a deceased person's organ or |
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83 | 83 | | organs in certain circumstances; and in connection therewith |
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84 | 84 | | would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new |
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85 | 85 | | or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of |
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86 | 86 | | Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. |
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87 | 87 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: |
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88 | 88 | | Section 1. Section 22-19-85, Code of Alabama 1975, is |
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89 | 89 | | amended to read as follows: |
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90 | 90 | | "ยง22-19-85 |
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91 | 91 | | (a) Unless directed otherwise by the Governor, the |
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92 | 92 | | Attorney General, a district attorney, or an order of a |
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93 | 93 | | circuit court judge, a medical examiner performing his or her |
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124 | 124 | | duties in any county in this state as provided under existing |
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125 | 125 | | law, including a medical examiner employed by the Department |
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126 | 126 | | of Forensic Sciences, shall notify the next of kin, through |
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127 | 127 | | the appropriate law enforcement agency, when retaining a |
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128 | 128 | | deceased person's entire organ or organs for additional |
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129 | 129 | | testing that is required to determine identification or the |
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130 | 130 | | cause or manner of death. |
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131 | 131 | | (b) A medical examiner performing his or her duties in |
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132 | 132 | | any county in this state as provided under existing law , |
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133 | 133 | | including a medical examiner employed by the Department of |
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134 | 134 | | Forensic Sciences, is prohibited from retaining shall not |
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135 | 135 | | retain a deceased person's entire organ or organs for research |
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136 | 136 | | or any other purpose not in conjunction with a determination |
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137 | 137 | | of identification or cause or manner of death without |
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138 | 138 | | notification to, and approval by, the appropriate next of kin. |
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139 | 139 | | (c) A violation of this section is a Class C felony. " |
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140 | 140 | | Section 2. Although this bill would have as its purpose |
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141 | 141 | | or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of |
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142 | 142 | | local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements |
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143 | 143 | | and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of |
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144 | 144 | | Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or |
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145 | 145 | | amends the definition of an existing crime. |
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146 | 146 | | Section 3. This act shall become effective on October |
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