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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MIRABITO, BOYD, BRENNAN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, KORTZ, MANN, MILLARD, MURT, PALLONE, ROCK, SEIP, SIPTROTH, J. TAYLOR AND WANSACZ, MAY 13, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MAY 13, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Specifying the individuals who are entitled to receive autopsy |
2 | reports and associated medical records prepared by coroners |
3 | and medical examiners. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Short title. |
7 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Autopsy |
8 | Report Act. |
9 | Section 2. Definitions. |
10 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
11 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
12 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
13 | "Next of kin." A surviving spouse, parent, sibling or adult |
14 | child of a decedent. |
15 | Section 3. Copies of autopsy reports. |
16 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, |
17 | including home rule charter provisions, a coroner or medical |
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1 | examiner shall, upon payment of a reasonable fee, release a copy |
2 | of the autopsy report of a decedent, including all associated |
3 | medical records, to any person who qualifies as the decedent's |
4 | next of kin. |
5 | Section 4. Effective date. |
6 | This act shall take effect immediately. |
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