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SF 128

A bill for an act relating to immunization information requested on a medical examiner report used for investigations.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Doug Campbell and 4 co-sponsors

SF 128 requires infant death reports (ages 0–3) to record the last immunization date and all vaccines, with state medical examiner rulemaking to implement this requirement.

Referred to Health and Human Services.
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Bill Summary · SF 128

Summary of SF 128 (2025)

A bill to require immunization information to be requested on the medical examiner’s investigation report for certain infant deaths and to mandate rulemaking to implement the change.

Purpose and scope

  • Primary goal: Ensure the medical examiner’s investigation report for infants aged zero to three years requests and records information about the decedent’s last immunization, including date and type.
  • Target population: Infants and very young children who are the subject of medical examiner investigations (age zero to three).

Key provisions

1) Immunization information on the investigation report
- The report used by medical examiners for investigations of infants zero to three years old must include a request for information about the date and type of the decedent’s last immunization.
- If the decedent received more than one immunization at the time of the last immunization, the information provided must include all types of immunizations received.

2) Rulemaking
- The state medical examiner is required to adopt rules under Chapter 17A to comply with the new reporting requirement.

Effective date and implementation

  • The bill requires rulemaking to implement the new requirement; no specific effective date is listed in the text. Implementation would occur as rules are adopted by the state medical examiner under Chapter 17A.

Affected parties and impact

  • Primary affected entity: State Medical Examiner’s office (and other agencies involved in medical investigations of infant deaths).
  • Potential benefits: Enhanced data collection on immunization status at the time of death, which could support public health surveillance, epidemiological analyses, and investigations.
  • Potential considerations: Additional data collection burden on investigators; data privacy and handling considerations related to immunization data are not specified in the bill and may require further guidance.

Legislative process and sponsors

  • Introduced: January 23, 2025
  • Status: Referred to Health and Human Services
  • Legislative actions (selected): Subcommittee recommendations in early February 2025; committee report recommending passage in March 2025; placed on calendar; referred within the process to Health and Human Services in June 2025.
  • Sponsors (primary): Evans, Guth, Campbell, Salmon, Westrich

In brief

SF 128 would ensure that the medical examiner’s report for infants ages zero to three includes the last immunization date and all immunizations given at that time, with rulemaking by the state medical examiner to implement this requirement. The measure advances through the usual legislative process and is supported by a group of primary sponsors.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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