14 Days Hospitals Retain Blood Draws for Investigations

Current law does not require hospitals to hold on to blood draws for any specific amount of time. The bill requires hospitals or other health-care facilities to retain blood draws or admission blood samples for 14 days if a peace officer submits a blood draw retention form. The bill also lists the requirements for a blood draw retention form. coroner submits a blood retention form upon a hospital or health-care facility for a blood draw or admission blood sample of a deceased individual that is the subject of a coroner's death inquest or investigation.

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(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)