Rotting bodies and fake ashes spur Colorado lawmakers to pass funeral home regulations
Time:2024-05-07 14:25:06 Source:sportViews(143)
DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers passed a bill Monday to overhaul the state’s lax funeral home oversight, joining a second measure aimed at regulating the industry that passed last week. Both follow a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies.
The cases have devastated hundreds of already grieving families and shed a glaring spotlight on the state’s funeral home regulations, some of the weakest in the nation. The bill passed Monday will head to Gov. Jared Polis’s desk after the House considers a minor change by the Senate.
The legislation would give regulators greater enforcement power over funeral homes and require the routine inspection of facilities including after one shutters. The second bill, which is already headed to the governors’ desk, would require funeral directors and other industry roles to be licensed. Those qualifications would include background checks, degrees in mortuary science, passage of a national examination and work experience.
Previous:Pamela Anderson goes make
Next:Donald Trump calls Joe Biden weak on antisemitism, ignoring his own rhetoric
You may also like
- Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert misses Game 2 in Denver
- Jennifer Aniston, 55, and Reese Witherspoon, 48, both stun in chic all
- A Michigan man and his dog are rescued from an inland lake's icy waters
- 13th National Women's Congress concludes in Beijing
- Skye Wheatley hosts reunion with her I'm A Celebrity co
- Xi visits people in Tianjin ahead of Spring Festival
- Chinese lawmakers deliberate work report of NPC Standing Committee
- Bayern ends 2
- Millions of people across Oklahoma, southern Kansas at risk of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms