Kentucky Subject | Coroners

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
KY	SB17	Pass	Amend KRS 213.076 to provide that a medical certification shall be completed by a coroner within five days after receiving the results of the inquiry when inquiry is required by KRS 72.400 to 72.475 or when the cause of death is unknown or under inve... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-05 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 83)
KY	HB166	Pass	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define "SUDEP" and encourage a health care provider to provide information regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to define "SUDEP" and update autopsy requireme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-05 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 98)
KY	SB163	Engross 50%	Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of a dead body to have the body buried or cremated; direct that the decision between burial or cremation be made by the governmental entity bearing the expense. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-26 To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
KY	HB187	Intro 25%	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 213 to establish the Kentucky Indigent Persons' Burial Program; create in the State Treasury a fund entitled the Kentucky indigent person burial trust fund to provide funds to defray the costs of funeral expenses f... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-03-01 To House State Government Committee
KY	HB480	Intro 25%	Amend KRS 72.425 to require a coroner to perform an autopsy on a decedent when the death of the person is not a coroner's case if a request is made by written consent by the decedent's spouse, the next of kin, or the person who assumes the responsibi... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-07 To House Committee On Committees
KY	HB32	Intro 25%	Amend KRS 311.601 to require an option of one-half hour of continuing education on the completion of a certificate of death for physicians to meet the 7.5 hours of approved continuing education in KRS 218A.205; amend KRS 311.844 to require an option ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-02 To House Committee On Committees