An Act To Increase the Fee Paid to a Funeral Home To Transport a Body at the Request of the State Medical Examiner

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3024, 4th ¶,  as amended by PL 2001, c. 222, §3, is further amended to read:

The Chief Medical Examiner may authorize any other expenses necessary to carry out the Chief Medical Examiner's duties. The Chief Medical Examiner shall reimburse a funeral establishment that transports a body to Augusta at the request of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner at the following rates: for up to and including the first 25 miles, $120; for the next 25 miles, $2 per mile traveled while actually transporting a body; and for miles in excess of 50, $1.75 per mile traveled while actually transporting a body.

summary

This bill increases the fee paid to a funeral establishment to transport a body to Augusta at the request of the Department of the Attorney General, Office of Chief Medical Examiner.