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33	28		ENGROSSED HOUSE
34	29		BILL NO. 2013 By: Pae, Harris, Fugate, and
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45	40		[ sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) -
46	41		Dylan's Law - Service Oklahoma - driver licenses -
47	42		people diagnosed with epilepsy - unique symbol -
48	43		State Commissioner of Health - powers and duties -
49	44		Division of Health Care Information – duties –
50		-	autopsy - investigation – determination - notations -
51		-	death certificates – reporting – noncodification –
52		-	codification - effective date ]
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57	53		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
58	54		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
59	55		codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
60	56		This act shall be known and may be cited as "Dylan's Law" .
61	57		SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
62	58		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6 -130 of Title 47, unless there
63	59		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
64		-	A. Effective June 1, 2026, Serv ice Oklahoma shall permit a
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66		-	designate with the placement of a unique symbol that the person has
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	86	+	A. Effective June 1, 2026, Service Oklahoma shall permit a
	87	+	driver license or state identification cardholder to voluntarily
	88	+	designate with the placement of a unique symbol that the person has
94	89		been diagnosed with epilepsy by a licensed physician. The
95	90		designation shall be used by a law enforcement officer or an
96	91		emergency medical pr ofessional to identify and effectively
97	92		communicate with a person who has been diagnosed with epilepsy and
98	93		shall not be used for any other purpose by any other person.
99	94		B. The cardholder may choose whether the voluntary designation
100	95		indicating that a person has been diagnosed with epilepsy, pursuant
101	96		to paragraph 1 of this section, shall be displayed on the driver
102	97		license or identification card or in the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
103	98		Telecommunications System (OLETS) in accordance with procedures
104	99		prescribed by Service Oklahoma. A holder of a driver license or
105	100		identification card who makes a voluntary designation pursuant to
106	101		this section shall have the opportunity to remove the designation at
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108	103		SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Se ction 1-106, as
109	104		amended by Section 1, Chapter 85, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2024,
110	105		Section 1-106), is amended to read as follows:
111	106		Section 1-106. A. The State Commissioner of Health shall serve
112	107		at the pleasure of the Governor, and shall have skill and exp erience
113	108		in public health duties and sanitary sciences and shall meet at
114	109		least one of the following qualifications:
115		-	1. Possession of a Doctor of Medicine Degree and a license to
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	136	+	1. Possession of a Doctor of Medicine Degree and a license to
	137	+	practice medicine in this state;
144	138		2. Possession of an Osteopathic Medicine Deg ree and a license
145	139		to practice medicine in this state;
146	140		3. Possession of a Doctoral degree in Public Health or Public
147	141		Health Administration; or
148	142		4. Possession of a Master of Science Degree and a minimum of
149	143		five (5) years of supervisory experience in the adm inistration of
150	144		health services.
151	145		B. The Commissioner shall be exempt from all qualifications
152	146		enumerated in subsection A of this section if the Commissioner
153	147		possesses at least a master's degree and has experience in
154	148		management of state agencies or large pro jects.
155	149		C. The Commissioner shall have the following powers and duties,
156	150		unless otherwise directed by the Governor:
157	151		1. Have general supervision of the health of the citizens of
158	152		the state; make investigations, inquiries and studies concerning the
159	153		causes of disease and injury, and especially of epidemics, and the
160	154		causes of mortality, and the effects of localities, employment,
161	155		conditions and circumstances on the public health; investigate
162	156		conditions as to health, sanitation and safety of schools, prisons,
163	157		public institutions, mines, public conveyances, camps, places of
164	158		group abode, and all buildings and places of public resort, and
165	159		recommend, prescribe and enforce such measures of health, sanitation
166		-	and safety for them as the Commissioner deems advisable; take such
167		-	measures as deemed necessary by the Commissioner to control or
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	186	+	and safety for them as the Commissioner deems advisable; take such
	187	+	measures as deemed necessary by the Commissioner to control or
195	188		suppress, or to prevent the occurrence or spread of, any
196	189		communicable, contagious or infectious disease, and provide for the
197	190		segregation and isolation of persons having or suspected of hav ing
198	191		any such disease; designate places of quarantine or isolation;
199	192		advise state and local governments on matters pertaining to health,
200	193		sanitation and safety; and abate any nuisance affecting injuriously
201	194		the health of the public or any community. Any healt h information
202	195		or data acquired by the Commissioner from any public agency, which
203	196		information or data is otherwise confidential by state or federal
204	197		law, shall remain confidential notwithstanding the acquisition of
205	198		this information by the Commissioner.
206	199		2. Be the executive officer and supervise the activities of the
207	200		State Department of Health, and act for the Department in all
208	201		matters except as may be otherwise provided in this Code; administer
209	202		oaths at any hearing or investigation conducted pursuant to this
210	203		Code; and enforce rules and standards adopted by the Commissioner.
211	204		All rules adopted by the Commissioner are subject to the terms and
212	205		conditions of the Administrative Procedures Act.
213	206		3. Appoint an Assistant State Commissioner of Health and fix
214	207		the qualifications, duties and compensation of the Assistant State
215	208		Commissioner of Health; and employ, appoint and contract with, and
216	209		fix the qualifications, duties and compensation of, such other
217		-	assistants, doctors, eng ineers, attorneys, sanitarians, nurses,
218		-	laboratory personnel, administrative, clerical and technical help,
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	236	+	assistants, doctors, engineers, attorneys, sanitarians, nurses,
	237	+	laboratory personnel, administrative, clerical and technical help,
246	238		investigators, aides and other personnel and help, either on a full -
247	239		time, part-time, fee or contractual basis, as shall be deemed by the
248	240		Commissioner necessary, expedient, convenient or appropri ate to the
249	241		performance or carrying out of any of the purposes, objectives or
250	242		provisions of this Code, or to assist the Commissioner in the
251	243		performance of official duties and functions.
252	244		4. Cause investigations, inquiries and inspections to be made,
253	245		and hold hearings and issue orders pursuant to the provisions of the
254	246		Administrative Procedures Act, to enforce and make effective the
255	247		provisions of this Code, and all rules and standards adopted by the
256	248		Commissioner pursuant to law and the Commissioner or the
257	249		representative of the Commissioner shall have the right of access to
258	250		any premises for such purpose at any reasonable time, upon
259	251		presentation of identification.
260	252		5. Authorize persons in the State Department of Health to
261	253		conduct investigations, inquiries and hea rings, and to perform other
262	254		acts that the Commissioner is authorized or required to conduct or
263	255		perform personally.
264	256		6. Except as otherwise provided by law, all civil and criminal
265	257		proceedings under this Code shall be initiated and prosecuted by the
266	258		district attorney where the violation takes place.
267		-	7. Issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the
268		-	production of books and records at any hearing to be conducted by
269		-	the Commissioner; and if a person disobeys any such subpoena, or
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	286	+	production of books and records at any hearing to be conducted by
	287	+	the Commissioner; and if a person disobeys any such subpoena, or
297	288		refuses to give eviden ce before, or to allow books and records to be
298	289		examined by, the Commissioner after such person is directed to do
299	290		so, the Commissioner may file a contempt proceeding in the district
300	291		court of the county in which the premises involved are situated, or,
301	292		if no premises are involved, of the county in which such person
302	293		resides or has a principal place of business, and a judge of such
303	294		court, after a trial de novo, may punish the offending person for
304	295		contempt.
305	296		8. Unless otherwise required by the terms of a federal grant,
306	297		sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of personal property that has
307	298		been acquired by the State Department of Health, or any of its
308	299		components, when such property becomes obsolete or is no longer
309	300		needed; any money derived therefrom shall be deposited i n the Public
310	301		Health Special Fund.
311	302		9. Sell films, educational materials, biological products and
312	303		other items produced by the State Department of Health; and all
313	304		proceeds therefrom shall be deposited in the Public Health Special
314	305		Fund.
315	306		10. Revoke or cancel, or suspend for any period up to one (1)
316	307		year, any license or permit issued under or pursuant to this Code,
317	308		or by the Commissioner, when the Commissioner determines that ground
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	336	+	such license or permit has violated any law, or any of the
	337	+	provisions of this Code, or any rules or standards of the
348	338		Commissioner filed with the Secretary of State, but the Commissioner
349	339		shall first afford the holder an opportunity to show cause why the
350	340		license or permit should not be revoked, canceled or suspended,
351	341		notice of such opportunity to be given by certified United States
352	342		Mail to the holder of the license or permit at the last -known
353	343		address of such holder.
354	344		11. Accept, use, disburse and administer grants, allotm ents,
355	345		gifts, devises, bequests, appropriations and other monies and
356	346		property offered or given to the State Department of Health, or any
357	347		component or agency thereof, by any agency of the federal
358	348		government, or any corporation or individual.
359	349		12. Be the official agency of the State of Oklahoma in all
360	350		matters relating to public health which require or authorize
361	351		cooperation of the State of Oklahoma with the federal government or
362	352		any agency thereof; coordinate the activities of the State
363	353		Department of Health wit h those of the federal government or any
364	354		department or agency thereof, and with other states, on matters
365	355		pertaining to public health, and enter into agreements for such
366	356		purpose, and may accept, use, disburse and administer, for the
367	357		office of the Commission er or for the State Department of Health,
368	358		for any purpose designated and on the terms and conditions thereof,
369		-	grants of money, personnel and property from the federal government
370		-	or any department or agency there of, or from any state or state
371		-	agency, or from any other source, to promote and carry on in this
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	385	+	grants of money, personnel and property from the federal government
	386	+	or any department or agency thereof, or from any state or state
	387	+	agency, or from any other source, to promote and carry on in this
399	388		state any program relating to the public health or the control of
400	389		disease, and enter into agreements for such purposes.
401	390		13. The State Commissioner of Health may appoint commissioned
402	391		peace officers, certi fied by the Council on Law Enforcement
403	392		Education and Training, to investigate violations of the Public
404	393		Health Code and to provide security to Department facilities.
405	394		14. Pursuant to Section 2 of this act, the State Commissioner
406	395		of Health shall appoint a Ch ief Medical Officer who reports directly
407	396		to the State Commissioner of Health.
408	397		15. The State Commissioner of Health shall, in consultation
409	398		with local and national organizations that provide education or
410	399		services related to epilepsy conditions, provide guid ance to medical
411	400		doctors, osteopathic physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician
412	401		assistants who have the primary responsibility for treatment of a
413	402		person with epilepsy to assist in determining whether a patient is
414	403		at elevated risk for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP),
415	404		including, but not limited to, whether the patient has had
416	405		convulsive seizures, the frequency and recency of such seizures, and
417	406		whether the patient's symptoms have subsided in response to
418	407		medicinal or surgical treatment. The Chief Medical Examiner shall
419		-	provide to all employees of the Chief Medical Examiner's Office
420		-	information about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).
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	435	+	information about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).
	436	+	SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -118, is
	437	+	amended to read as foll ows:
450	438		Section 1-118. A. The Division of Health Care Information is
451	439		hereby created within the State Department of Health.
452	440		B. The Division shall:
453	441		1. Collect from providers health care information for which the
454	442		Division has established a defined purpose an d a demonstrated
455	443		utility that is consistent with the intent of the provisions of
456	444		Section 1-117 et seq. of this title;
457	445		2. Establish and maintain a uniform health care information
458	446		system;
459	447		3. Analyze health care data submitted including, but not
460	448		limited to, geographic mapping of disease entities;
461	449		4. Provide for dissemination of health care data to users and
462	450		consumers;
463	451		5. Provide for the training and education of information
464	452		providers regarding processing and maintenance and methods of
465	453		reporting required in formation;
466	454		6. Be authorized to access all state agency health -related data
467	455		sets and shall develop mechanisms for the receipt of health care
468	456		data to the Division or its agent; provided, however, all provisions
469	457		for confidentiality shall remain in place;
470		-	7. Provide for the exchange of information with other agencies
471		-	or political subdivisions of this state, the federal government or
472		-	other states, or agencies thereof. The Division shall collaborate
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	485	+	or political subdivisions of this state, the federal government or
	486	+	other states, or agencies thereof. The Division shall collaborate
	487	+	with county health departments, including the Oklahoma City -County
501	488		Health Department and the Tulsa City -County Health Department, in
502	489		developing city-county based health data sets;
503	490		8. Contract with other public or private entities for the
504	491		purpose of collecting, processing or disseminating health care data;
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506	493		9. Build and maintain the data base ; and
507	494		10. In an effort to reduce deaths from sudden unexpected death
508	495		in epilepsy (SUDEP), develop an information program in the Injury
509	496		Prevention Service to be disseminated to the public and licensed
510	497		medical professionals to notify individuals with epilepsy of the
511	498		danger of SUDEP; and encourage the American Medical Association to
512	499		add a Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Code for epilepsy
513	500		education by a medical service professional .
514	501		C. 1. The State Board of Health shall ad opt rules governing
515	502		the acquisition, compilation and dissemination of all data collected
516	503		pursuant to the Oklahoma Health Care Information System Act.
517	504		2. The rules shall include, but not be limited to:
518	505		a. adequate measures to provide system security for al l
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520	507		Health Care Information System Act,
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	535	+	patient records,
550	536		c. charges for users for the cost of data preparation for
551	537		information that is beyond the routi ne data
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553	539		d. time limits for the submission of data by information
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555	541		D. The Division shall adopt standard nationally recognized
556	542		coding systems to ensure quality in receiving and processing data.
557	543		E. The Division shal l implement mechanisms to encrypt all
558	544		personal identifiers contained in any health care data upon
559	545		transmission to the State Department of Health, and all such data
560	546		shall remain encrypted while maintained in the Department's database
561	547		or while used by a cont ractor.
562	548		F. The Division may contract with an organization for the
563	549		purpose of data analysis. Any contract or renewal thereof shall be
564	550		based on the need for, and the feasibility, cost and performance of,
565	551		services provided by the organization. The Division shall require
566	552		any data analyzer at a minimum to:
567	553		1. Analyze the information;
568	554		2. Prepare policy-related and other analytical reports as
569	555		determined necessary for purposes of this act; and
570	556		3. Protect the encryption and confidentiality of the data.
571		-	G. The Board shall have the authority to set fees and charges
572		-	with regard to the collection and compilation of data requested for
573		-	special reports, and for the dissemination of data. These funds
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	583	+	G. The Board shall have the authority to set fees and charges
	584	+	with regard to the collection and compilation of data requested for
	585	+	special reports, and for the dissemination of data. These funds
601	586		shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Health Care Information System
602	587		Revolving Fund account.
603	588		H. The Division may accept grants or charitable contributions
604	589		for use in carrying out the functions set forth in the Oklahoma
605	590		Health Care Information System Act from any source. These funds
606	591		shall be deposited in the Oklahoma Health Care Information System
607	592		Revolving Fund.
608	593		SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 945, is
609	594		amended to read as follows:
610	595		Section 945. A. When properly authorized, an autopsy shall be
611	596		performed by the Chief Medical Examiner or su ch person as may be
612	597		designated by him or her for such purpose. The Chief Medical
613	598		Examiner or a person designated by him or her may authorize arterial
614	599		embalming of the body prior to the autopsy when such embalming would
615	600		in his or her opinion not interfere with the autopsy. The extent of
616	601		the autopsy shall be made as is deemed necessary by the person
617	602		performing the autopsy.
618	603		B. A full and complete report of the facts developed by the
619	604		autopsy together with the findings of the person making it shall be
620	605		prepared and filed in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
621	606		without unnecessary delay. Copies of such reports and findings
622		-	shall be furnished to district attorneys and law enforcement
623		-	officers making a criminal inv estigation in connection with th e
624		-	death.
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	633	+	shall be furnished to district attorneys and law enforcement
	634	+	officers making a criminal investigation in connection with the
	635	+	death.
652	636		C. Upon receiving a written, signed and dated records request,
653	637		a copy of the full and complete report of the facts developed by the
654	638		autopsy, together with the findings of the person making the report,
655	639		shall be released by the Office of the Chief Medical Exami ner to the
656	640		public in the most expedient manner available or as requested by the
657	641		records requester and, under the following conditions, shall be
658	642		furnished to:
659	643		1. District attorneys and any law enforcement agency with
660	644		authority to make a criminal investigat ion in connection with the
661	645		death; provided, such copies shall not be shared with any other
662	646		entity unless otherwise provided by law;
663	647		2. The spouse of the deceased or any person related within two
664	648		(2) degrees of consanguinity to the deceased, unless the dis trict
665	649		attorney or law enforcement agency making a criminal investigation
666	650		objects to the release of documents to any family member. District
667	651		attorneys and law enforcement agencies shall be prohibited from
668	652		objecting to the release of the full and complete a utopsy report to
669	653		the family if the decedent was in state custody, in custody of law
670	654		enforcement or is deceased due to lethal action of a law enforcement
671	655		officer; and
672		-	3. Any insurance company conducting an insur er's investigation
673		-	of any insurance claim arising from the death of the individual upon
674		-	whom the autopsy was performed.
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	682	+	3. Any insurance company conducting an insurer's investigation
	683	+	of any insurance claim ari sing from the death of the individual upon
	684	+	whom the autopsy was performed.
702	685		D. The full and complete report of the facts developed by the
703	686		autopsy, together with the findings of the person making the report,
704	687		shall be withheld from public inspection and copy ing for ten (10)
705	688		business days following the date the report is generated by the
706	689		Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, except as provided for in
707	690		subsection C of this section.
708	691		E. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall produce a
709	692		summary report of in vestigation by the medical examiner at the same
710	693		time the full and complete report of the facts developed by the
711	694		autopsy, together with the findings of the person making the report,
712	695		is released to the parties listed in subsection C of this section.
713	696		The summary report of investigation shall be made available for
714	697		public inspection and copying without delay. Any person may obtain
715	698		a copy of the summary report of investigation in the most expedient
716	699		manner available or as requested by the records requester.
717	700		F. The summary report of investigation shall include, but not
718	701		be limited to, the following information, if known:
719	702		1. Decedent name, age, birth date, race, sex, home address,
720	703		examiner notified by name and title and including date and time,
721	704		location where decedent was injured or became ill, including name of
722	705		facility, address, city, county, type of premises, date and time;
723		-	location of death including name of facility, city, county, type of
724		-	premises, date and time, an d location body was viewed by medical
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	732	+	location of death including name of facility, city, county, type of
	733	+	premises, date and time, and location body was viewed by medical
752	734		examiner including address, city, county, type of premises and date
753	735		and time;
754	736		2. If the death was a motor vehicle accident, whether the
755	737		decedent was the driver, passenger or pedestrian, and the type of
756	738		vehicle involved in the accident;
757	739		3. A description of the b ody, including but not limited to the
758	740		external physical examination, rigor, livor, external observations
759	741		including hair, eye color, body length and weight, and other
760	742		external observations, as well as the presence and location of
761	743		blood; and
762	744		4. The probable cause of death, other significant conditions
763	745		contributing to the death but not resulting in the underlying cause
764	746		given, manner of death, case disposition, case number, and name and
765	747		contact information of the medical examiner performing the autopsy,
766	748		including a signature and certification statement that the facts
767	749		contained in the report are true and correct to the best of their
768	750		knowledge and the date the report was signed and generated.
769	751		G. At the conclusion of the ten (10) business -day-period, the
770	752		full and complete report shall be made available as a public record
771	753		except when a district attorney or law enforcement agency with
772	754		authority to make a criminal investigation in connection with the
773	755		death declares that the full and complete report contains
774		-	information that would materially compromise an ongoing criminal
775		-	investigation. Such declaration shall be in writing to the Office
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	782	+	information that would materially compromise an ongoing criminal
	783	+	investigation. Such declaration shall be in writing to the Office
803	784		of the Medical Examiner and be an open record available from the
804	785		Office of Medical Examiner.
805	786		1. Upon such declaration, the district attorney or law
806	787		enforcement agency shall request from the appropriate district court
807	788		a hearing for an extension of time during which the full and
808	789		complete autopsy report, not including information in the summary
809	790		report, may be withheld.
810	791		2. When a request for an extension of time has been filed with
811	792		the court, the full and complete autopsy report in question may be
812	793		withheld until the court has issued a ruling on the requested
813	794		extension of time to release the autopsy report. Such requests for
814	795		an extension of time during which the autopsy may be withheld shall
815	796		be made on the grounds that release of the full and complete autopsy
816	797		report will materially compromise an ongoing criminal investigation.
817	798		3. Courts considering such requests shall conduct a hearing and
818	799		consider whether the interests of the public outweigh the interests
819	800		asserted by the district attorney or law enforcement agency.
820	801		4. If an extension of time is granted by the court, the initial
821	802		extension shall be ordered by the court for a period of six ( 6)
822	803		months. Subsequent extensions shall only be ordered after a hearing
823	804		by the court for an additional one year and cumulative time
824	805		extensions shall not exceed more than four (4) years and six (6)
825		-	months; provided, under no circumstance shall an extension of time
826		-	be granted by the court if the deceased person was in state custody,
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	832	+	months; provided, under no circumstance shall an extension of time
	833	+	be granted by the court if the deceased person was in state custody,
854	834		in custody of law enforcement or was deceased due to lethal action
855	835		of a law enforcement officer.
856	836		5. In the event that six (6) months have expired from the date
857	837		of the initial release of the autopsy report without any person
858	838		being criminally charged in the case in question and release of the
859	839		autopsy or portions of the autopsy have been denied on the grounds
860	840		of materially compromising a criminal investigation, an appeal of
861	841		such denial may be made to the appropriate district court. Courts
862	842		considering appeals for temporarily withholding an autopsy report
863	843		shall conduct a hearing and consider whether the interests of the
864	844		public outweigh the interests asserted by the district attorney or
865	845		law enforcement agency. In response to such appeals, the district
866	846		court shall order that the autopsy report be made available for
867	847		public inspection and copying with no redaction, or shall order an
868	848		extension of time during which the autopsy report may be withheld
869	849		under the provisions of this section.
870	850		6. Any court order obtained pursuant to this subsection shall
871	851		be served upon the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner by the party
872	852		requesting or granted the extension by the court.
873	853		H. An order granting an ex tension of time shall be applicable
874	854		to the autopsy report for the duration of the extension; provided,
875	855		each subsequent time extension shall only be ordered by the district
876		-	court for an additional twelve -month period of time or less and
877		-	cumulative time extensions shall not exceed four (4) years and six
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	882	+	court for an additional twelve -month period of time or less and
	883	+	cumulative time exte nsions shall not exceed four (4) years and six
905	884		(6) months; provided, charges being filed against a person in the
906	885		case in question or an autopsy report being entered into evidence as
907	886		part of a criminal prosecution nullifies any granted extension of
908	887		time.
909	888		I. The opportunities to withhold an autopsy report or portions
910	889		of an autopsy report provided in this section shall expire in
911	890		totality four (4) years and six (6) months after the date the
912	891		autopsy report was generated, at which time the autopsy report
913	892		previously withheld on the grounds provided for in this section
914	893		shall be made available for public inspection and copying.
915	894		J. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a district attorney
916	895		or law enforcement agency with authority to make a criminal
917	896		investigation in connection with the death from immediately
918	897		releasing portions of information contained in the full and complete
919	898		autopsy report for the purposes of assisting with the criminal
920	899		investigation or apprehension of any person involved in a criminal
921	900		act that resulted in the death of another person.
922	901		K. After ten (10) business days from the release of the full
923	902		and complete report, nothing in this section shall prohibit the
924	903		spouse of the deceased or any person related within two (2) degrees
925	904		of consanguinity to the de ceased who has received a copy of the full
926	905		and complete autopsy report from the Office of the Chief Medical
927		-	Examiner from authorizing the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's
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955	933		office to release the full and complete autopsy report to any other
956	934		person subject to approval by the court.
957	935		L. When an autopsy of the body is conducted of a deceased human
958	936		who has epilepsy or a history of seizures, the report shall include
959	937		an investigation and determination as to whether the deceased
960	938		suffered a sudden unexpected de ath in epilepsy (SUDEP). In the
961	939		event the deceased did suffer a sudden unexpected death in epilepsy,
962	940		such information shall be noted on the death certificate and be
963	941		reported to the North American SUDEP Registry (NASR).
964	942		SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
965		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
966		-	April 7, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED
	943	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 24th day of March, 2025.
	944	+
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	946	+
	947	+
	948	+	Presiding Officer of the House
	949	+	of Representatives
	950	+
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	953	+	Passed the Senate the _____ day of __________, 2025.
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	958	+	Presiding Officer of the Senat e