A bill for an act relating to modification and substitution of a death certificate based on information obtained from a brain autopsy.

SF 602 allows families to update a death certificate using information from a brain autopsy without needing a court order, if requested within 10 years of the death. It applies directly to families seeking corrections to a death certificate when a licensed professional or accredited U.S. medical school's brain autopsy reveals new causes of death. The bill requires Iowa's Department of Health and Human Services to create procedures for this change, prohibits state fees for the update, and mandates the new certificate follow existing rules (sections 144.38 and 144.41). This streamlines corrections to death records based on medical evidence from brain autopsies.