Requires coroners, medical examiners, and full-time medicolegal investigative personnel, other than prosecuting attorneys acting as ex-officio coroners and those who have already received comparable training, to complete medicolegal forensic investigation training within 12 months of assuming office.
Requires coroner's and medical examiner's offices, other than those run by a prosecuting attorney acting as ex-officio coroner, to be accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiners or the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners by July 1, 2025.
Conditions 25 percent of reimbursement for autopsy costs from the Death Investigations Account on coroner's and medical examiner's offices satisfying training and accreditation requirements.
Allows a county to enter into an interlocal agreement with an adjoining county for the provision of coroner or medical examiner services.
Allows the county legislative authority in noncharter counties with a population of less than 40,000 to determine whether a coroner will be elected or appointed, as of January 1, 2025.
Provides minimum salaries for elected coroners in counties with under 40,000 people, and allows a county legislative authority to alternatively set the salary on a per case basis in such counties, as of January 1, 2025.
From the Engrossed Substitute House Bill Report (ESHB 1326), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗