California AB2018 establishes a DNA database for missing persons and unidentified remains.
California AB2018 creates a DNA database for missing persons and unidentified remains. The Department of Justice's Missing Persons DNA Program will develop a DNA database for all cases involving unidentified persons, whether living or deceased. The database will be funded by a two-dollar fee increase on death certificates. The program will collect DNA samples from the remains of unidentified persons and from personal articles belonging to missing persons. The DNA samples will be used solely for the purpose of identification and will be destroyed after a positive identification is made.
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