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Minutes for HB2155 - Committee on Health and Human Services
Short Title
Improving the Kansas medicolegal death investigation system.
Minutes Content for Wed, Feb 13, 2019
Pam Scott provided information on the issues that have arisen with the delays in death certificates being issued. This issue causes hardships for families when trying to deal with benefits (Attachment 1).
Mrs.Scott fielded questions from the committee.
Dr. Lee Norman described how the adoption of this bill will eliminate some of the issues that contribute to the issue. Training and continuing education are a vital part and will lead to an improved system (Attachment 2).
Dr. Norman fielded questions from the committee.
Lori Haskett provided supporting testimony especially in the area of deaths from drug overdose. There is a hope that there would be standard testing included with the process (Attachment 3).
Written only testimony in support of the bill was provided by:
Cherie Sage (Attachment 4)
The Chairman closed the hearing on HB2155.
