Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary Present law requires a county medical examiner or regional forensic center to test a decedent for the presence of any drugs, including therapeutic levels of psychotropic drugs, when the decedent is suspected to have committed a mass shooting that resulted in the deaths of four or more individuals. This bill removes that the mass shooting must have resulted in four or more deaths before testing is required and requires, instead, that such testing be done if a decedent is suspected to have committed a mass shooting in which four or more individuals sustained an injury or a reasonable person would conclude that person attempted to kill four or more individuals. BLOOD OR URINE TESTING AFTER PROBABLE CAUSE This bill requires a law enforcement officer who has probable cause to believe that a person has committed a mass shooting to cause to be administered a blood or urine test for the purpose of determining the presence of any drugs, including therapeutic levels of psychotropic drugs. Such test must be administered by a qualified practitioner, which means a physician, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, clinical laboratory technician, technologist, phlebotomist with certain training, or a physician assistant. Such testing must also be administered at a hospital. Testing This bill requires a qualified practitioner to procure the blood or urine sample from a person as soon as practicable as long as the person's life is not in jeopardy. A qualified practitioner must be considered to be acting in good faith once presented with a search warrant or any other court order authorizing the procurement of a blood or urine sample. All reasonable force may be used to obtain the blood or urine sample from the person. Further, a qualified practitioner or hospital does not incur civil or criminal
