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Sen. Michael Connelly
Filed: 5/11/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5781
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5781 on page 5, |
| 3 | | immediately after line 3, by inserting the following:
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| 4 | | "(g) Prior to disposal of any medication collected as |
| 5 | | evidence in a criminal investigation under this Section, a |
| 6 | | State Police officer, police officer, coroner, or medical |
| 7 | | examiner shall photograph the unused medication and its |
| 8 | | container or packaging, if available; document the number or |
| 9 | | amount of medication to be disposed; and include the |
| 10 | | photographs and documentation in the police report, coroner |
| 11 | | report, or medical examiner report.
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| 12 | | (h) If an autopsy is performed as part of a death |
| 13 | | investigation, no medication seized under this Section shall be |
| 14 | | disposed of until after a toxicology report is received by the |
| 15 | | entity requesting the report.".
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