Revision: Feb. 8, 2023, 8:32 a.m.
Senate Judiciary
February 7, 2023
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07/10
Amendment to SB 76-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to reporting of medico-legal deaths.
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; Mandatory Reporting of Medico-Legal Deaths. Amend RSA 611-B:12 to read as follows:
611-B:12 Mandatory Reporting of Medico-Legal Deaths. It shall be the duty of anyone who finds the body of any person whose death is suspected to have been caused or to have occurred in any manner described in RSA 611-B:11, or who finds remains which are thought to be human to immediately notify the medical examiner, the law enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction of the area, [and] or the county attorney for the county where the body or remains are found. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023-0419s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill creates the option of notification to the law enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction of the area in which remains thought to be human are found and adds a criminal penalty for failure to report a medico-legal death.