HB 2284 Summary

• Authorizes search and rescue units established or recognized by governmental entities to possess human remains for training search and rescue canines, with sheriffs maintaining an inventory of such remains.

• Requires search and rescue units that possess human remains for canine training to establish policies and standard operating procedures for access, inventory, possession, and disposal of the remains.

• Adds search and rescue units as authorized recipients of anatomical gifts under Arizona law, allowing human remains to be donated specifically for training search and rescue canines.

• Designates the county sheriff as custodian of anatomical gifts intended for search and rescue canine training, with authority to transfer gifts to qualifying search and rescue units.

• Updates anatomical gift provisions to include training search and rescue canines as an acceptable use of human remains when specified in gift documents or when other intended purposes cannot be fulfilled.