County of Riverside: separation of county offices: in-custody reports.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill requires the Board of Supervisors for the County of Riverside to separate the offices of sheriff and coroner by July 1, 2027. It mandates specific actions related to medicolegal death investigation services, including moving these services to the coroner’s office and utilizing an independent medical examiner model. The county must also publish detailed information about in-custody deaths on its website and notify next of kin of the cause of death. This separation is driven by concerns about higher death rates in Riverside County jails compared to the rest of the state.
Key provisions
- Requires separation of sheriff and coroner offices in Riverside County by July 1, 2027.
- Mandates relocation of medicolegal death investigation services to the coroner’s office.
- Requires the use of an independent medical examiner model for medicolegal death investigation services.
- Prohibits non-coroner/medical examiner personnel from signing death certificates or postmortem examination reports.
- Requires the county to publish in-custody death data on its website.
- Specifies required data to be published, including demographics, causes of death, and medical response times.
- Requires notification of next of kin regarding the cause of death within 72 hours.
- Requires publication of serious incident reports (suicide attempts, overdoses, etc.)
Who is affected
- County of Riverside residents
- Sheriff’s Office personnel
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