HB 819: Medical Examiners' Duties
GENERAL BILL by Persons-Mulicka
Medical Examiners' Duties; Specifies autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden & unexpected deaths in young individuals; requires medical examiners to document certain information in autopsy reports for such cases; requires medical examiners to report specified cases to national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death & Sudden Death in Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by DOH & United States Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; requires department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in specified timeframe; provides that compliance with specified provisions is deemed permissible disclosure for purposes of state & federal medical privacy laws.
Last Action: 1/5/2026 House - Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/18/2025 House • Filed
1/5/2026 House • Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
• Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
• Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
• Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
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HB 819, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/18/2025 at 11:49 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 821 Pub. Rec./Autopsy Reports of Sudden and Expected Deaths Persons-Mulicka Linked Last Action: 1/5/2026 H Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee 
S 188 Medical Examiners’ Duties Garcia Similar Last Action: 11/3/2025 S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
S 1124 Public Records/Autopsy Reports of Certain Sudden and Unexpected deaths Garcia Compare Last Action: 1/5/2026 S Filed
Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 406.11 Examinations, investigations, and autopsies. Page 2 (pdf)