Autopsies - As introduced, requires the expenses of an autopsy ordered by a district attorney general to be paid by this state. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7.

Summary

HB 1813 amends Tennessee law so that when a district attorney orders an autopsy, the county medical examiner must notify the chief medical examiner and can either perform the autopsy or assign a pathologist. All costs of that autopsy must be paid by the state. The change is intended to ensure funding for these investigations.

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