CORONER-FENTANYL POISONING

Session: 103rd General Assembly
Year: 2024
Bill #: SB2964
Category: Public Health, Hospital Facilities and Nursing Homes
Position: No position
Mandate? Yes
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Amends the Coroner Division of the Counties Code. In provisions regarding preliminary investigations where a drug overdose is determined to be the cause or a contributing factor in a death, modifies the definition of "overdose" to exclude death caused by fentanyl, which shall be considered poisoning. Provides that, in every case in which fentanyl is determined to be the cause or a contributing factor in the death, the coroner or medical examiner shall report the death to the Department of Public Health as "fentanyl poisoning". Provides that, in the monthly report of overdose deaths, the Department shall also report on fentanyl poisoning deaths.



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