TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXAMINATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REQUIRING A POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION WHEN A DEATH IS BY APPARENT DRUG, ALCOHOL, OR POISON TOXICITY.
Act 289 mandates postmortem exams for deaths from drug, alcohol, or poison toxicity, enhancing investigations and impacting coroners and the State Crime Laboratory.