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IN HB1084

Bill

Status

Passed

4/18/2019

Primary Sponsor

Alan Morrison

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds tracking of unique identifying numbers on surgically implanted medical devices as an approved method for coroners to positively identify deceased persons, effective July 1, 2019

  • Expands the accepted identification methods from four to five, joining fingerprint identification, DNA analysis, dental record analysis, and family member visual identification

  • Medical devices eligible for identification tracking are defined under IC 24-4-12-7

  • Family member visual identification remains permitted only when the body's physical condition allows for reasonable recognition by an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or sibling) age 18 or older

Legislative Description

Identification through surgical implants. Allows a coroner to positively identify a dead person by tracking a unique identifying number on a surgically implanted medical device in the dead person's body.

Last Action

Public Law 45

4/18/2019

Committee Referrals

Health and Provider Services2/27/2019
Public Health1/3/2019

Full Bill Text

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