HB601
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HB 601 (BR 2030) - J. Fischer, A. Wuchner
AN ACT relating to the disposition of human remains.
Amend KRS 367.93117 to authorize a religious society to control the disposition of a decedent's body and make funeral, burial, and ceremonial arrangements if an individual in the next degree of kinship is not available.
AMENDMENTS
HCS1 - Delete original provisions; amend KRS 367.97524 to permit a funeral director who has been in possession of unclaimed cremated remains for two years or more to inter, bury, entomb, or place the cremated remains in a columbarium or to deliver the cremated remains to a bona fide religious society, veterans organization, or civil group for interment, burial, entombment, or placement in a columbarium; and to exempt a crematory authority or licensed funeral directory from liability for delivering cremated remains that have been in their possession for two years or more to a bona fide religious society, veterans organization, or civil group for the sole purpose of interment, burial, entombment, or placement in a columbarium.
Feb 27, 2018 - introduced in House
Mar 01, 2018 - to Health and Family Services (H)
Mar 06, 2018 - posted in committee
Mar 08, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 09, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 13, 2018 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Mar 14, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute
Mar 15, 2018 - received in Senate
Mar 16, 2018 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)