Require medical facilities and mortuaries to comply with requests for blood draws relating to certain deceased persons

Nebraska bill LB 56 requires medical facilities and mortuaries to comply with law enforcement requests for blood tests on specific deceased individuals: drivers who die within four hours of a motor vehicle accident (including cases where others died), or pedestrians aged 16+ who die within four hours of being struck by a vehicle. The bill mandates that facilities must provide blood samples for alcohol or drug testing as part of coroner investigations, aligning with existing procedures for accident reporting. This change ensures medical and mortuary staff legally must cooperate with police requests in these defined cases, rather than relying on voluntary compliance. The information collected - including test results and deceased person details - will become public record and be reported monthly to the Department of Transportation.