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OH HB192
Bill
Status
5/26/2009
Primary Sponsor
Edna Brown
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AI Summary
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Requires courts in civil actions to tax testimony fees as costs when a coroner, physician-employee, or forensic investigator testifies about professional services including autopsies, toxicology interpretations, or forensic investigations.
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Awards costs to the county treasury of the testifying coroner's office for compensation and fringe benefits paid to the coroner, physician-employee, or forensic investigator for time spent preparing for and attending depositions or testifying in court.
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Awards costs to the county treasury of the performing coroner's office when an employee from one county performs an autopsy or investigation for another county's coroner and testifies about that work.
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Requires courts to award testimony compensation directly to physicians in private practice who were contracted by a coroner to perform autopsies and are called to testify.
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Defines "forensic investigator" as a person specializing in forensic science who works under the county coroner's direction and provides information about investigation details and circumstances to assist in determining the manner, mode, and cause of death.
Legislative Description
To require the court in a civil action to tax as a cost the amount necessary to reimburse the county treasury when the coroner or the coroner's physician-employees or forensic investigators are called to testify about professional services and to provide for the direct payment to physicians in private practice who perform autopsies for a coroner's office and are similarly called to testify.
Coroner services-testimony in civil cases-reimburse treasury/pay contractors directly
Last Action
To Judiciary
5/26/2009