Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary Present law requires a death certificate for each death that occurs in this state to be filed with the office of vital records or as otherwise directed by the state registrar. Generally, the medical certification must be completed, signed, and returned to the funeral director by the physician in charge of the patient's care for the illness or condition that resulted in death, except when inquiry is required by the county medical examiner. After inquiry by a county medical examiner, present law requires the medical examiner to enter the manner of death and file the death certificate. If a county medical examiner suspects that suicide may be a potential manner of death, then present law requires the medical examiner to consult the decedent's treating mental health professional or primary care physician, if known and reasonably able to be identified through the decedent's next of kin, prior to determination of manner of death. If the manner of death is suicide and the next of kin disagrees with the manner of death determination, then the next of kin may contact the county medical examiner who performed the autopsy to request a meeting. At the meeting, each party must present the reasons supporting their position with respect to the manner of death. Within 30 calendar days of the meeting with the next of kin, present law requires the county medical examiner to make a written determination on the manner of death and notify the next of kin. The notification must address the next of kin's specific bases for disagreement, inform the next of kin of their right to seek reconsideration from the office of the state chief medical examiner (OSCME), and include information on how to request the reconsideration. The notification must also inform the next of kin of their right to seek judicial revie
