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Cremation

Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
HB-1179	State (Maryland)	Requiring a certain health care facility or abortion clinic to disclose, provide, and inform a parent of certain information within a certain period of time except under certain circumstances; requiring a parent to authorize the final disposition of bodily remains in a certain manner after receiving a certain notification and information and before a certain time; authorizing a parent to authorize a certain final disposition to be overseen by certain individuals; etc. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Public Health Abortion Animals Cemeteries Certifications Civil Actions Clinics Committees And Commissions Communications Cremation
HB-1229	State (Maryland)	Clarifying that a certain document through the execution of which a certain individual may decide the disposition of the individual's own body without certain consent includes a document designating a person to act as an authorizing agent; providing that an authorizing agent is bound by certain documents in making certain decisions; and clarifying the order of priority of persons that have the right to serve as the authorizing agent for a decedent. Democrat: 60% (3) Republican: 40% (2) 60% Democrat support 40% Republican support	Public Health Agents And Brokers Armed Forces Cremation Death Forms Health
SB-917	State (Maryland)	Prohibiting certain entities that provide certain services for the transportation of a body from charging a fee to certain individuals if the body has undergone a procedure to provide an anatomical gift and the deceased's custodian is indigent or medically indigent; and prohibiting a unit of State government that provides services for the transportation of a body under certain circumstances from charging a fee. Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Public Health Agents And Brokers Cemeteries Cremation Death Fees Funerals Hospitals Indigent Persons Medical Examiners
SB-528	State (Maryland)	Clarifying that a certain document through the execution of which a certain individual may decide the disposition of the individual's own body without certain consent includes a document designating a person to act as an authorizing agent; providing that an authorizing agent is bound by certain documents in making certain decisions; and clarifying the order of priority of persons that have the right to serve as the authorizing agent for a decedent. Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Public Health Agents And Brokers Armed Forces Cremation Death Forms Health
SB-84	State (Maryland)	Specifying that the purpose for which licensed funeral establishments and holders of certain permits are authorized to transfer unclaimed cremains of a veteran or an eligible dependent to a veterans service organization under certain circumstances is for the appropriate disposition of the cremains; requiring a funeral establishment or crematory to transfer certain cremains to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the appropriate disposition of the cremains; etc. Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1) 50% Republican support 50% Democrat support	Health Occupations Cemeteries Cremation Death Funerals Morticians Notices Records Time Veterans Affairs, Department Of

Title: Public Health - Unborn Human Beings and Infants (Humane Disposition of Human Remains Act)

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1179

Subjects: Public Health, Abortion, Animals, Cemeteries, Certifications, Civil Actions, Clinics, Committees And Commissions, Communications, Cremation

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Authorizing Agent

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: HB-1229

Subjects: Public Health, Agents And Brokers, Armed Forces, Cremation, Death, Forms, Health

Democrat: 60% (3) Republican: 40% (2)

Title: Transport of a Body After Anatomical Gift - Fees - Prohibition

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-917

Subjects: Public Health, Agents And Brokers, Cemeteries, Cremation, Death, Fees, Funerals, Hospitals, Indigent Persons, Medical Examiners

Democrat: 100% (1)

Title: Public Health - Disposition of Remains - Authorizing Agent

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-528

Subjects: Public Health, Agents And Brokers, Armed Forces, Cremation, Death, Forms, Health

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Funeral Establishments and Crematories - Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans - Notification, Disposition, and Reporting

Session: Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Number: SB-84

Subjects: Health Occupations, Cemeteries, Cremation, Death, Funerals, Morticians, Notices, Records, Time, Veterans Affairs, Department Of

Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1)

Cremation

HB-1179

State (Maryland)

HB-1229

State (Maryland)

SB-917

State (Maryland)

SB-528

State (Maryland)

SB-84

State (Maryland)