Bill > HB235

This bill expands reporting and investigation requirements for sudden unexpected deaths of young people by requiring autopsies, including microscopic and toxicologic studies, and a review of medical and immunization records for individuals under twenty years of age who die suddenly and unexpectedly from cardiac arrhythmia without a known heart condition, from natural causes that are unexplained, or if the deceased is an infant under one year of age, regardless of the cause. The results of these investigations will be reported to the state registrar and a national surveillance system called the "sudden unexpected infant death and sudden death in the young case registry," which is managed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health to gather data on such deaths. The bill also mandates that autopsies include a report on any immunizations received by the deceased within ninety days of their death.

https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legtype=B&legno=235&year=26