Investigators would examine and report certain sudden deaths before age 20

Investigators would perform autopsies with microscopic tissue examinations, tests for drugs and poisons, and reviews of vaccination and medical records. Covered deaths are sudden and unexpected: deaths before age 20 from abnormal heart rhythms or unexplained natural causes, and deaths before age one whether explained or unexplained. Covered heart-rhythm deaths must involve an apparently healthy person with no previously diagnosed disease affecting the heart's structure. Deaths would be reported to the state registrar and the national registry for sudden infant and young-person deaths.

Autopsies would include a report on recent vaccinations. The requirement would apply only to autopsies covered by this sudden-death reporting section. The vaccination report would cover immunizations administered within 90 days of the person's death.