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GA SB348
Bill
Status
Passed
4/23/2024
Primary Sponsor
Ricky Williams
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AI Summary
- Reduces the timeframe for classifying a death as "unattended by a physician" from 180 days to 60 days since the individual was last seen or treated by a physician for a condition likely to have caused or contributed to death
- Creates a new exemption for residents of long-term care facilities, providing that their deaths shall not be considered unattended if a physician had seen or treated the resident within 90 days prior to death
- Maintains the existing exemption that deaths occurring while an individual was a patient of a licensed hospice are not considered unattended by a physician
- Amends Code Section 45-16-24, which requires law enforcement officers or other persons with knowledge of certain deaths (including violent, suspicious, or unattended deaths) to immediately notify the coroner or county medical examiner
Legislative Description
Notification of Suspicious or Unusual Deaths; individual had not been seen by a physician prior to death; revise the period
Last Action
Act 477
4/23/2024
Committee Referrals
Health1/31/2024
Health and Human Services1/11/2024
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