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PRINTER'S NO. 2147
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1621
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MICCARELLI, GODSHALL, WATSON, MILLARD, CHARLTON,
A. HARRIS, PETRI, PASHINSKI, D. COSTA, FARRY AND GILLEN,
JUNE 26, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 26, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in other offenses, providing for the
offense of failure to report death.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 7518. Failure to report death.
(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of
the third degree if, upon witnessing the death of an individual
or discovering the body of an individual the person knows or has
reason to believe is dead, the person fails to timely notify a
911 system, physician or other medical professional, law
enforcement agency or funeral home.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the person
knows or has reason to believe that a 911 system, physician or
other medical professional, law enforcement agency or funeral
home has been notified of the death of the individual or
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discovery of the body of the individual.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "funeral
home" shall have the same meaning as "funeral establishment" in
section 2 of the act of January 14, 1952 (1951 P.L.1898,
No.522), known as the Funeral Director Law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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