HB4915

Sudden Death Reporting and Stransparency Act

Introduced·1/29/26
Intr Text

Establishes the Sudden Death Reporting and Vaccine Transparency Act in West Virginia.

The Sudden Death Reporting and Vaccine Transparency Act aims to ensure comprehensive data collection in sudden or unexplained death cases. It mandates medical examiners to obtain and document the decedent's vaccination history and any emergency countermeasures administered within the preceding 90 days. The collected data must be submitted to public health registries while maintaining confidentiality and privacy protections. The Chief Medical Examiner is tasked with proposing rules for standardized procedures, documentation, timelines, and record retrieval.

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Health & Human Resources Committee
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History

Jan 29

House

Filed for introduction

Jan 29

House

To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary

Jan 29

House

Introduced in House