| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to health; modifying requirements relating to the provision of cause of |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 death information; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.221, by adding |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 a subdivision. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 144.221, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 2a.Investigated natural deaths.(a) If a medical examiner or coroner investigates |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9a death and declines jurisdiction based on the medical examiner's or coroner's determination |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10that the death was due to natural causes, cause of death information for the death must be |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11provided by: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (1) a physician present at the time of death; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) a physician or associate of a physician who provided medical treatment for the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14deceased before death; or |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (3) a physician who has direct knowledge of the circumstances and cause of death and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16has access to the medical record of the deceased. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (b) If there is no physician meeting the description in paragraph (a), clause (1) or (3), a |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18physician or associate of a physician meeting the description in paragraph (a), clause (2), |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19has 72 hours to complete the requirements in paragraph (a) after the individual receives |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20notification that: |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (1) the medical examiner or coroner declined jurisdiction; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22 (2) no physician meeting the description in paragraph (a), clause (1) or (3), exists. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVISOR SGS/MI 25-0310102/20/25 |
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| 25 | 25 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 27 | 27 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 28 | 28 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 29 | 29 | | H. F. No. 1727 |
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| 30 | 30 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 2.1 (c) A medical examiner or coroner that has declined jurisdiction may provide cause of |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2death information if: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 (1) the time period for the information to be provided by a physician or associate of a |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.4physician set forth in paragraph (b) has elapsed; or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.5 (2) the medical examiner or coroner has received a statement that the physician or |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.6associate of a physician refuses to provide the cause of death information. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.7 (d) If a medical examiner or coroner that has declined jurisdiction provides cause of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.8death information pursuant to paragraph (c), the medical examiner or coroner may recover |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.9all costs incurred in providing the information from the refusing physician or associate of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.10a physician or from the facility or organization that employs the refusing physician or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.11associate of a physician at the time of refusal. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 42 | 42 | | REVISOR SGS/MI 25-0310102/20/25 |
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