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IN HB1364
Bill
Status
1/14/2015
Primary Sponsor
Casey Cox
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AI Summary
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Funeral directors and funeral director interns must inquire of immediate family members whether a decedent authorized an anatomical gift on their driver's license or identification card upon first contact with the funeral home.
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If informed that the decedent authorized an anatomical gift, the funeral director or intern must inform the family member about available procedures for making an anatomical gift and document this notification in the funeral home's records.
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Funeral directors and interns who fail to make the required inquiry or provide information about anatomical gift procedures are not subject to civil liability, criminal liability, or administrative sanctions.
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The bill amends IC 25-15-11 and IC 34-30-2-98.6 of the Indiana Code.
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The bill becomes effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Funeral directors. Requires a funeral director or funeral director intern to inquire of an immediate family member as to whether a decedent had authorized an anatomical gift on the decedent's driver's license or identification card, and if so, to inform the member about procedures available for making a gift of all or any part of the remains of the decedent. Provides that a funeral director or funeral director intern who fails to make an inquiry or inform an immediate family member is not subject to civil liability, criminal liability, or administrative sanctions.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/14/2015