IN SB0215 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 3 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Coroners and health records. Requires a hospital to provide a coroner with an individual's health records if the individual dies on hospital premises when in apparent good health or in an apparently sudden, suspicious, unusual, or unnatural manner. Requires the coroner to provide the health records to a pathologist or medical examiner if an autopsy is to be performed.
Title
Coroners and health records. Requires a hospital to provide a coroner with an individual's health records if the individual dies on hospital premises when in apparent good health or in an apparently sudden, suspicious, unusual, or unnatural manner. Requires the coroner to provide the health records to a pathologist or medical examiner if an autopsy is to be performed.
Sponsors
| Sen. James Tomes [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-03 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services |
| 2018-01-03 | Senate | Authored by Senator Tomes |
Indiana State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/215/details |
| Text | http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/f/5/6/ef56d191/SB0215.01.INTR.pdf |
