Coroner's inquest-amendments.
HB 181 eliminates coroners' authority to conduct inquests for deaths, shifting responsibility for death investigations to county health officers and accident inspectors. It revises statutes related to death reports (W.S. 7-4-201), postmortem examinations (W.S. 7-4-209), and fatal accident investigations (W.S. 30-2-212) to remove coroner involvement. Counties will no longer handle inquest costs through coroners, instead using health officer procedures for cause-of-death certification. The changes take effect July 1, 2024, impacting how death investigations are conducted across Wyoming.
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Introduced Feb 13, 2024
Last action Feb 17, 2024
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1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
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Ember Oakley
RRepublican
Co
Bill Landen
RRepublican
Co
Clark Stith
RRepublican
Co
Cody Wylie
RRepublican
Co
Ed Cooper
RRepublican
Co
Eric Barlow
RRepublican
Co
J.T. Larson
RRepublican
Co
Ken Clouston
RRepublican
Co
Martha Lawley
RRepublican
Co
Tara Nethercott
RRepublican
Co
Tony Niemiec
RRepublican
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