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H.B. No. 0042 |
Coroner record confidentiality. |
Sponsored By: Representative(s)
Gingery and Senator(s) Case
AN ACT relating to coroners;
providing confidentiality for toxicology reports, photographs, video recordings
or audio recordings of the scene of the death or made in the course of a
postmortem examination or autopsy by a coroner; providing exceptions; providing
penalties; and providing for an effective date.
12/22/2010 Bill
Number Assigned
1/11/2011 H
Received for Introduction
1/12/2011 H
Introduced and Referred to H01
1/19/2011 H01
Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Barbuto, Brechtel, Brown, Cannady, Greene, Krone, Nicholas,
B. and Peasley
Nays:
Representative(s) Throne
Ayes 8 Nays 1 Excused
0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/19/2011 H
Placed on General File
HB0042HS001/ADOPTED
Page 1–line 15 After "body" insert "and
completing his investigation".
Page 2–line 3 Delete "amount" insert "description".
Page 2–line 15 After "spouse," delete
balance of line.
Page 2–line 16 Delete "spouse, the"; after "surviving"
delete balance of line and insert "parent".
Page 2–line 17 Delete "spouse or parent,";
after "child" insert "or a legal guardian".
Page 3–line 10 After "agency," insert "a
board licensing health care professionals under title 33 of the Wyoming
statutes, the division responsible for administering the Wyoming Workers'
Compensation Act, the division responsible for administering the Wyoming
Occupational Health and Safety Act,".
Page 3–line 11 After "proceedings" insert "with
legitimate interest in the death".
Page 4–line 6 After "proceeding" insert ",
or proceeding before a state of Wyoming board issuing health care professional
licenses under title 33 of the Wyoming statutes,".
Page 4–line 17 After "organizations" insert
"or for training purposes".
Page 5–line 18 Delete "right to".
Page 6–line 13 After "deceased" insert "or
legal guardian of the children of the deceased".
Page 7–line 24 After "verdicts" insert "and
written dockets". BROWN,
CHAIRMAN
1/20/2011 H Passed CoW
1/21/2011 H Passed 2nd
HB0042H3001/ADODPTED
Page 4-line 12 Delete "a pathologist or forensic".
Page 4-line 13 Delete "scientist" insert "an
appropriate expert". STUBSON
HB0042H3002/ADOPTED
Page 2-line 9 Delete "and" insert ",";
after "(g)" insert "and (o)".
Page 7-after line 11 Insert:
"(o) In the event that the
coroner, or the coroner's designee, determines that a person's death was caused
by an infectious disease, biological toxin or any other cause which may
constitute a public health emergency as defined in W.S. 35‑4‑115(a)(i),
the coroner shall release to the state health officer or his designee all
information and records required under W.S. 35‑4‑107. If the state health official or his designee
determines upon an examination of the results of the autopsy and the toxicology
report that a public health emergency may in fact exist, he shall release the
appropriate information to the general public as provided by department of
health rules and regulations.". SEMLEK, BONNER
1/24/2011 H
Passed 3rd
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Botten,
Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Childers,
Connolly, Craft, Davison, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Gay, Gingery, Greear,
Greene, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kroeker, Krone,
Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B.,
Patton, Peasley, Pederson, Petersen, Petroff, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek,
Shepperson, Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Vranish, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn.
and Zwonitzer, Dv.
Nays:
Representative(s)
Excused:
Representative(s) Goggles
Ayes 58 Nays 1 Excused
1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/26/2011 S
Received for Introduction
1/27/2011 S
Introduced and Referred to S07
2/15/2011 S07
Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s)
Case, Hines, Johnson, Martin and Scott
Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused
0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
2/15/2011 S
Placed on General File
HB0042SS001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)
Page 2–line 4 After "death," insert "including
relevant toxicological factors,".
Page 2-line 19 After "child" insert ",
personal representative, legal representative,".
Page 3-line 14 After "Act," insert "the
state occupational epidemiologist, the department and".
Page 3-line 16 After "Act," insert "the
office of the inspector of mines,".
Page 4–line 10 After "section." delete
balance of the line.
Page 4-lines 11 through 15 Delete.
Page 6-line 20 After "guardian" insert ",
personal representative or legal representative". CASE, CHAIRMAN
2/24/2011 S Passed CoW
2/25/2011 S Passed 2nd
2/28/2011 S Passed 3rd
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s)
Anderson, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Case, Christensen, Coe, Cooper, Driskill,
Emerich, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Hines, Jennings, Johnson, Landen,
Martin, Meier, Nicholas, P., Nutting, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss,
Schiffer, Scott and Von Flatern
Nays: Senator(s)
Dockstader
Ayes 29 Nays 1 Excused
0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
2/28/2011 H
Received for Concurrence
3/1/2011 H
Did Concur
ROLL CALL
Ayes:
Representative(s) Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Botten, Brown,
Buchanan, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Childers, Connolly, Craft,
Davison, Edmonds, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Gingery, Goggles, Greear,
Greene, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kroeker, Krone,
Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McOmie, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Patton,
Peasley, Petersen, Petroff, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson, Steward,
Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Vranish, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.
Nays:
Representative(s) Brechtel, Gay and McKim
Excused:
Representative(s) Pederson
Ayes 56 Nays 3 Excused
1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
3/1/2011 Assigned
Number HEA No. 0087
3/1/2011 H
Speaker Signed HEA No. 0087
3/2/2011 S
President Signed HEA No. 0087
3/3/2011 Governor
Signed HEA No. 0087
3/3/2011 Assigned
Chapter Number
Chapter No. 0144 Session Laws of Wyoming 2011