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SB 188: Medical Examiners’ Duties

GENERAL BILL by Garcia

Medical Examiners’ Duties; Specifying autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden and unexpected deaths; requiring medical examiners to report specified cases to the national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by the Department of Health and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; requiring the department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in a specified timeframe, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 11/3/2025 Senate - Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/14/2025 Senate • Filed
11/3/2025 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy