HB 1122 - This act modifies provisions relating to coroners. This act prohibits a person from filing a declaration of candidacy for the office of coroner unless such person provides evidence of complection of a certificate to do death investigations, as described in the act. (Section 58.030)
Current law requires $1,000 of a coroner's salary to be paid only if the coroner has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year, as provided by the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Association. This act applies such provision to deputy coroners and assistants, and provides that the training may be presented by a state- or nationally-recognized and accredited credentialing organization. Additionally, the act repeals a provision allowing coroners in non-charter counties to receive additional compensation for any month during which investigations are performed for three or more decedents in the same incident. (Section 58.095)
The act provides training standards for the mandatory training required of elected and appointed coroners, deputy coroners, and assistants. (Section 58.097)
Current law provides that, when the office of the sheriff is vacant, the county coroner is authorized to perform all the duties of the sheriff, until another sheriff is appointed. This act provides that if the coroner becomes acting sheriff and the sheriff is no longer receiving the sheriff's salary, the coroner may be paid, in addition to the coroner's salary, the difference between the salaries of the sheriff and coroner so that the coroner receives the equivalent of the sheriff's salary while serving as acting sheriff. (Section 58.200)
This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SB 1 (2025), SB 1363 (2024), CCS/SS/SCS/HB 1606 (2022), SB 1085 (2022), and HB 2175 (2022).
Current law provides for the appropriate uses of a $1 fee charged for the issuance of a death certificate. This act adds to such uses the reimbursement of expenses incurred for training attendance and for equipment, construction and maintenance. The act also authorizes a professional association of county coroners to establish a grant program to provide a procedure for the coroner's office in second, third, and fourth class counties to apply for an award of money for training attendance and for equipment, construction and maintenance. Such award shall not exceed $5,000 per county annually. (Section 58.208)
Finally, the act repeals provisions relating to the Coroner Standards and Training Commission and the Missouri Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Association. (Sections 58.035 and 58.096)
This act is identical to provisions in SS#2/SCS/HB 199 (2025).
JOSH NORBERG