California Government Code

§ 27523

GOV § 27523 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 2 · Title 3 · Part 3 · Ch. 10 · Art. 2.5

Statute text

(a)A coroner may test the bodily fluid extracted during the autopsy of a deceased person to determine if any amount, including a trace amount, of xylazine was present at the time of the person’s death in either of the following circumstances:

(1)The coroner reasonably suspects that the cause of the person’s death was an accidental or intentional overdose of an opioid.

(2)The person was administered an overdose intervention drug prior to death and was unresponsive to the overdose intervention drug.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 684, Sec. 1. (AB 1859) Effective January 1, 2025.