Senate Committee of Reference Report
Committee on Health & Human Services
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April 16, 2025
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:
SB25-273 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:
Page 1, Line 1Amend printed bill, page 2, strike lines 2 through 26.
Page 1, Line 2Page 3, strike lines 1 through 23 and substitute:
Page 1, Line 3"SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 30-10-606, add
Page 1, Line 4(6)(e) as follows:
Page 1, Line 530-10-606. Coroner - inquiry - grounds - postmortem - jury -
Page 1, Line 6certificate of death. (6) (e) A coroner holding an inquest or
Page 1, Line 7investigation pursuant to this section may request a
Page 1, Line 8health-care facility that is licensed or certified in accordance
Page 1, Line 9with the requirements of article 3 of title 25 to retain and keep
Page 1, Line 10safe in its control any blood draw or admission blood sample
Page 1, Line 11taken from the individual that is the subject of the inquest or
Page 1, Line 12investigation. Upon request, the health-care facility shall
Page 1, Line 13retain the blood draw or admission blood sample for fourteen
Page 1, Line 14days. The coroner shall serve the retention request on the
Page 1, Line 15deceased individual's attending physician, clinical leadership of
Page 1, Line 16the health-care facility where the deceased individual expired,
Page 1, Line 17or the health-care facility's laboratory that has the deceased
Page 1, Line 18individual's blood draw or admission blood sample in its
Page 1, Line 19control.".