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SENATE SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS
SB 447 2024 Regular Session Mizell
KEYWORD AND SUMMARY AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Provides relative to coroners. (gov sig)
SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE BILL
1. Adds provision requiring the coroner to implement, fulfill, and comply with
all the obligation, duties, and requirements imposed on him by present law
and the regional sexual assault response plan approved by the coroner's health
service district pursuant to present law.
2. Adds provision requiring the coroner to sign the plan on an annual basis to
indicate his approval of the plan.
DIGEST OF THE SENATE BILL AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
SB 447 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Mizell
Present law provides for the duties of the coroner.
Present law authorizes the coroner to select the hospital or healthcare provider named as the
lead entity for sexual assault examinations in the regional sexual assault response plan.
Proposed law requires the coroner to implement, fulfill, and comply with all the obligation,
duties, and requirements imposed on him by present law and the regional sexual assault
response plan approved by the coroner's health service district pursuant to present law.
Proposed law requires the coroner to sign the plan on an annual basis to indicate his approval
of the plan.
Proposed law authorizes a coroner of another parish to perform any of the duties provided
in present law and proposed law if the coroner is unable, unwilling, unqualified, or has a
conflict of interest in performing the duty.
Proposed law authorizes the attorney general to make the determination of the coroner's
conflicts and qualifications based on all available facts and circumstances.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 13:5713(F); adds R.S. 13:5713(K))
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Alan Miller
Senior Attorney