TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEATH CERTIFICATES; AND TO CLARIFY THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO MAY SIGN A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH AND PRONOUNCE DEATH OF A PATIENT.
House Bill 1734 amends the law concerning death certificates and the pronouncement of death. The bill clarifies which medical professionals are authorized to sign a medical certificate of death and officially pronounce a patient deceased. Specifically, it allows medical staff of a hospital to pronounce death when a physician other than an emergency department physician is not immediately available. This measure aims to clarify roles and procedures for confirming death in hospital settings.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 11, 2025
Signed Apr 17, 2025
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Act 862
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HB 1734
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2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from Act 862 to HB 1734, removing the approval date and adding standard legislative formatting. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content.
TECHNICAL
Removed the approval date line that previously appeared in Act 862
Added blank lines and updated header information to match current legislative formatting standards
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1734 is now Act 862
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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