HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 529        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3623

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

Marjorie C. Decker and Hannah Kane

_________________

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to autopsy reports by the medical examiner.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/10/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/19/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/23/2023

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

2/6/2023

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

2/7/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 529        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3623

By Representatives Decker of Cambridge and Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3623) of Marjorie C. Decker, Hannah Kane and others relative to autopsy reports by the medical examiner.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2314 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

_______________

 

An Act relative to autopsy reports by the medical examiner.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 4 of chapter 38 of the General Laws, as appearing the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

If the medical examiner takes jurisdiction pursuant this section, the medical examiner shall conduct an autopsy on the body of such deceased person and provide an autopsy report to anyone legally entitled to receive it within 90 days of the date that the medical examiner took jurisdiction, except if the medical examiner provides a notice of delay to anyone legally entitled to receive the autopsy report with the date the autopsy report will be complete and the reason for the delay.