2013 Senate Bill 485

Senate Roll Call 594: Passed

To create a state "Anatomy Board" comprised of designated medical school representatives, , within the Department of Community Health (DCH), which would allocate unclaimed bodies to teaching institutions, hospitals, and other people that required them for educational use. This entity would also develop criteria, standards, and procedures for which unclaimed bodies are suitable for scientific use. The bill would also require the authority person in charge of a decedent's body to attempt to identify and notify the family member or other person who would have final say over to make decisions about the body.

28 Yeas / 8 Nays
Republican (26 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Democrat (2 Yeas / 8 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (2)