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SB 309 Death certificates; medical certification, electronic filing, hospice.

Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:

Death certificates; medical certification; electronic filing; hospice. Requires a licensed funeral director, funeral service licensee, or representative of the office of the state anatomical program who first assumes custody of a dead body to complete and file a certificate of death with the State Registrar of Vital Records using the Electronic Death Registration System and provides that when a death occurs under the care of a hospice provider, the medical certification shall be completed by the decedent's health care provider and filed electronically with the State Registrar of Vital Records using the Electronic Death Registration System for completion of the death certificate. a physician licensed in another state who was in charge of the patient’s care for the illness or condition that resulted in death. This bill is identical to HB 1158.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Death certificates; medical certification; electronic filing; hospice. Requires a licensed funeral director, funeral service licensee, or representative of the office of the state anatomical program who first assumes custody of a dead body to complete and file a certificate of death with the State Registrar of Vital Records using the Electronic Death Registration System and provides that when a death occurs under the care of a hospice provider, the medical certification shall be completed by the decedent's health care provider and filed electronically with the State Registrar of Vital Records using the Electronic Death Registration System for completion of the death certificate. This bill is identical to HB 1158.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Electronic Death Registration System; implementation. Requires the Division of Vital Records and the Department of Health to work with any teaching hospital that is located in the Commonwealth and associated with a public institution of higher education or medical school to fully implement, by April 15, 2018, the Electronic Death Registration System. The bill requires such hospitals to utilize the system for all deaths occurring within any such hospital's facilities. The bill requires the Division of Vital Records to report on the implementation to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Education and Health by April 15, 2018. The bill contains an emergency clause.