HB2784

Missouri HB2784 mandates the Highway Patrol to conduct an independent investigation when a person under fifty-five dies in a corrections facility.

Missouri HB2784 amends Chapter 217 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri by adding a new section, 217.446, which requires the Missouri state highway patrol to conduct an independent death investigation whenever a person under fifty-five years of age dies within a department of corrections facility. The patrol is granted full access to any records and findings of an autopsy conducted under section 217.412 during the investigation.