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HF 305

A bill for an act relating to the qualifications of a county medical examiner.(Formerly HF 2.)

Agenda

Subcommittee members: Guth-CH, Trone Garriott

Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Time: 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Location: Room 217 Conference Room

Comments Submitted:

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03-12-2025

Chad Brewbaker [Polk GOP]

We need to codify more public reporting by medical examiners. 1) Polk County Medical examiner is hiding numbers of inmate deaths at Polk Jail and Broadlawns. We need an annual report giving names and dates of all who died in custody. I fear the Wellpath pharmacy fraud from 20162022 caused more pharmacy manslaughters in denial of life saving diabetic/seizure/blood pressure medicine than we are aware of. 2) Polk Medical Examiner needs to make a homicide report for Iowa Department of Defense, and one of their staff needs to be a JAG with security clearance who can review allegations of "drink and drone" incidents and the like.