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To
follow is a summary of the relevant industry bills currently being
considered.
AB
1139, Thomson:
Death Certificates
This
bill would require that a certificate of death include information
indicating whether the decedent was pregnant at the time of death or
within the year prior to the death.
Status:
The bill appears to be stalled in committee.
AB
2031, Canciamilla:
Funeral Processions
This
bill amends the Vehicle Code to permit local authorities to issue an
identification card and badge to someone directing traffic for a funeral
procession.
It
requires that a city and county government authority (in an area where
the population exceeds 100,000) authorize the regulation of traffic for
a funeral procession, including that:
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Each
funeral escort be identified with a card, patch or badge authorizing
them to direct traffic;
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Each
vehicle in the funeral procession be clearly marked with a funeral
sticker and have headlights activated;
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There
be one funeral escort for every 12 cars; and
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That
funeral escorts receive at least 30 hours of formal training.
Background:
This
bill extends legislation passed in 1998 that piloted these requirements
in LA County. AB 2031
continues the program and makes it permanent statewide.
Status:
Bill has not moved from the first committee.
It is close to death.
AB
2550, Nation:
Electronic Death Registration
This
bill would require that on or before January 1, 2005, the CA Department
of Health Services would implement an electronic death registration
service.
Sponsor:
CFDA
Status:
Set for hearing on April 23, 2002
SB
17, Figueroa:
Cemeteries, Human remains
This
bill would:
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Require
all cemeteries for which a certificate of authority is required and
all crematories that are licensed, to be supervised by a manager
that has passed a written examination;
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Require
the bureau to inspect the books, records, and premises of any
cemetery for which a certificate of authority from the bureau is
required including access to all books, records, buildings,
mausoleums, columbariums, and storage areas during specified times;
and
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Requires
that the bureau conduct at least one annual unannounced inspection
of a cemetery for which a certificate of authority is required.
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This
bill would prohibit a person from engaging in the business of,
acting as, or advertising as, a cemetery or crematory manager
without a license from the bureau.
The
bill would also increase the penalty from a misdemeanor to felony:
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for
depositing or disposing of human remains except in a cemetery;
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for
failing to intern a corpse within a reasonable period;
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to
failing to furnish or to furnishing false information affecting
specified certificates or records; and
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to
willfully alter or knowingly possess altered documents or to falsify
a birth certificate, death certificate, or marriage certificate.
Status:
Waiting Committee meeting
SB
1455, Johannessen:
Northern CA Veterans Cemetery
This
bill increases the amount of the grant that the State of CA may apply
for from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to $7 million from
$6 million.
Status:
In Senate Appropriations Committee
SB
1457, McPherson:
Central Coast Veterans Cemetery
This
bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to work with the
Monterey County Board of Supervisors to design develop and construct a
state-owned and state-operated Central Coast Veteran Cemetery to be
located at the former Fort Ord.
Status:
Hearing on April 23, 2002
SB
1952, Figueroa:
Cemetery and Funeral Bureau
This
bill will be amended to contain the recommendations from the Joint
Legislative Sunset Review Committee. We are still anticipating amendments.
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