SB 66 — AN ACT relating to coroners.

UNOFFICIALCHAPTER COPY138 221 RSCHAPTER 138 ( SB 66/GA66 ) AN ACT relating to coroners.

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County Monthly Minimum Population Compensation (a) 10,000 or less $200 (b) 10,001 to 20,000 250 (c) 20,001 to 40,000 275 Legislative Research Commission PDF Version ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (d) 40,001 to 60,000 300 (e) 60,001 to 100,000 400 (f) 100,001 to 150,000 900 (g) 150,001 or more 1,100 (3) The fiscal court of any county, or the legislative body of a consolidated local government, charter county government, urban-county government, or unified local government may compensate coroners and deputy coroners an additional amount of up to three hundred dollars ($300) per month as an expense allowance.

Annually thereafter the coroner shall Page 2 of 8 SB006610.100 - 1007 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 66/GA attend and successfully complete at least eighteen (18) hours of approved training in order to be compensated in accordance with subsection (1)(b) of this section.

(b) Enter upon public or private premises for the purpose of making Page 3 of 8 SB006610.100 - 1007 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 66/GA investigations;

The material shall include information on known modes of transmission and methods CHAPTER 138 3 of controlling and preventing these diseases with an emphasis on appropriate behavior and attitude change.

Within three (3) years of initially assuming office, every deputy Page 4 of 8 SB006610.100 - 1007 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 66/GA coroner shall be required as a condition of office to take a course of at least four (4) hours provided by the Department of Criminal Justice Training that shall include instruction on the grieving process and best practices for providing a notice of death to a spouse or next of kin and may include instruction on other similar topics, as set out in subsection (4)(b) of Section 1 of this Act.

The coroner shall make written notification of the deputy coroner's ineligibility to perform his or her duties to the deputy coroner and to the fiscal court or the legislative body of the consolidated local government, charter county government, urban-urban-county county government, or unified local government.

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(1) A coroner shall follow the requirements of subsection (3) of this section relating to notification of a spouse, if any, or next of kin, when the coroner has reason to Page 6 of 8 SB006610.100 - 1007 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 66/GA believe that the spouse, if any, or next of kin has not yet been notified of the decedent’s death, and:

(2) A coroner is not required to follow subsection (3) of this section when the coroner is acting under KRS 72.450, but has reason to believe that the spouse, if any, or next of kin of the decedent resides outside of the Legislative Research Commission PDF Version ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY coroner’s jurisdiction.

Page 7 of 8 SB006610.100 - 1007 - XXXX GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS SB 66/GA (b) Arrange for another member of the coroner's office or, if another member is not available, a law enforcement officer, member of the clergy, professional grief counselor, or other respected member of the community to assist, in person, in providing the notification;

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