Bill Summary

SB 188 Medical Examiners’ Duties (2026 Session)
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Sponsors
by García
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Summary
Medical Examiners’ Duties; Specifying autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden and unexpected deaths; requiring medical examiners to report specified cases to the national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by the Department of Health and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; requiring the department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in a specified timeframe, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026
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Actions
10/14/25
SENATE
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Filed on 10/14/25
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Statute Citations
406.11
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