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2017 SESSION

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HB 1615 Chief Medical Examiner; appointment, terms, and authority of medical examiners.

Introduced by: Roslyn C. Tyler | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Chief Medical Examiner; appointment, terms, and authority of medical examiners. Provides that the Chief Medical Examiner may appoint a medical examiner for each county or city in the Commonwealth. Under current law, the Chief Medical Examiner is required to do so. The bill authorizes appointed medical examiners to assist the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner with cases requiring medicolegal death investigations. Finally, the bill clarifies that the appointment of a medical examiner to fill a vacancy is not required to start on October 1 of the year of appointment, and the term length of such appointment is for the unexpired term.

FULL TEXT

• 01/03/17  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101342D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/15/17  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1615ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 02/23/17  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/03/17  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101342D
• 01/03/17  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/12/17  House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/19/17  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/17  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/17  House: Read first time
• 01/26/17  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/27/17  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/17  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/17  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/30/17  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/06/17  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
• 02/09/17  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/17  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/17  Senate: Read third time
• 02/13/17  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/17  House: Enrolled
• 02/15/17  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1615ER)
• 02/15/17  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/17/17  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/17/17  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 02/17/17  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 02/23/17  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 170 (effective 7/1/17)
• 02/23/17  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)