SESSION OF 2019
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2199
As Recommended by House Committee on
Health and Human Services

Brief*
HB 2199 would require a coroner’s permit be executed
to authorize a crematory operator to cremate a dead body if
the death or cause of death occurred in Kansas or in a state
where such permit to cremate is required. In current law, a
coroner’s permit to cremate a dead body is required without
mention of where the death or cause of death occurred.
The bill would authorize that an electronic signed copy
of a coroner’s permit to cremate would constitute legal
authorization for cremation.
Finally, the bill would repeal a statute that requires
Kansas funeral directors to submit a monthly report of dead
bodies prepared for burial, by the director’s establishment, to
the Secretary of Health and Environment. Continuing law
requires death certificates to be filed through the Kansas
Electronic Death Registration System.

Background
The bill was introduced in the House Committee on
Health and Human Services at the request of Representative
Eplee, on behalf of the Kansas Funeral Directors Association.
In the House Committee hearing, proponent testimony
was provided by representatives of the Kansas Funeral
Directors Association and the Kansas State Board of
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org
Mortuary Arts. The proponents generally stated enactment of
the bill would assist in eliminating confusion about whether a
coroner’s permit to cremate is required when a death occurs
or is caused outside of Kansas.
No opponent or neutral testimony was provided.
The House Committee recommended the bill be placed
on the Consent Calendar.
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget, enactment of the bill would have no fiscal effect.


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Statutes affected:
As introduced: 65-1762, 65-2426a, 65-2429