SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 1232

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

                  Reported from the Special Committee on Healthcare Facilities, February 21, 2006 with recommendation that House Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 1232 Do Pass by Consent. Referred to the Committee on Rules pursuant to Rule 25(26)(f).

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

4098L.02C

AN ACT

To amend chapter 194, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the transporting of dead bodies.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 194, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 194.112, to read as follows:

            194.112. When a person dies with a disease that is contagious, infectious, or communicable, the coroner, funeral home personnel, or other person responsible for transporting the dead body shall be notified in writing by the hospital, nursing home, or other health care facility in which the person died that the person died of a disease that is contagious, infectious, or communicable.

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