SUDP; Office of Chief Medical Examiner to publish information on its website.
Summary
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy; protocol; information; training. Requires the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to take certain actions upon the finding that an individual died from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), defined in the bill. The bill directs the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to publish information on SUDEP and a SUDEP death investigation form on its website. Additionally, the bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner and local medical examiners to complete training in the investigation of SUDEP on a triennial basis. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Nov 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 2, 2024
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Feb 2, 2024
D
Democratic21
90% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
7
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-0-2)
senate
Feb 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health
upper
Jan 15, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stella Pekarsky
DDemocratic
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