District of Columbia B547: Green Death Care Option Amendment Act of 2025 (now known as "Posthumous Care Modernization Amendment Act of 2026")

What the bill says

To amend the District ofColumbia Funeral ServicesRegulatory Act of 1984 to authorize reductionby alkaline hydrolysis at funeral services establishments and to define cremation; and to amend Title IoftheVital Records Modernization Amendment Act of 2018 to make conforming changes. act maybe cited asthe"Posthumous CareModernization Amendment Act of2026". Sec. 2, Section 3ofthe DistrictofColumbiaFuneral Services Regulatory Act of 1984, effectiveMay 22, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-84; D.C. Official Code § 3-402), is amended as follows: (a) A newparagraph (1A) is added to read as follows: "(1A) "AlkalineHydrol.

From the enrolled text, October 16, 2026:

To amend the District ofColumbia Funeral ServicesRegulatory Act of 1984 to authorize reductionby alkaline hydrolysis at funeral services establishments and to define cremation; and to amend Title IoftheVital Records Modernization Amendment Act of 2018 to make conforming changes. act maybe cited asthe"Posthumous CareModernization Amendment Act of2026". Sec. 2, Section 3ofthe DistrictofColumbiaFuneral Services Regulatory Act of 1984, effectiveMay 22, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-84; D.C. Official Code § 3-402), is amended as follows: (a) A newparagraph (1A) is added to read as follows: "(1A) "AlkalineHydrolysis"means the process ofreducing humanremains using water, alkaline chemicals, and heat insidea watertight vessel to accelerate decomposition ata funeral services establishment.". (b)Anew paragraph(5A) is added to read as follows: (5A) "Cremation" means the dispositionof adead humanbody by meansof incineration.", (©)Paragraph (11) is amended by striking thephrase "burial, cremation," and inserting thephrase"burial, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis," in its place. Sec. 3, Title [ofthe Vital Records Modernization AmendmentAct of 2018, effective October30, 2018 (D.C. Law 22-164; D.C, Official Code § 7-231.01 efseq.), isamended as follows: (a) Section 101 (D.C. Official Code § 7-231.01)is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (1)is redesignated as paragraph (1A). (2) Anewparagraph (1) is addedto read as follows: "(1) "Alkaline hydrolysis" shall have the samemeaning as provided in section 3(A)oftheDistrict ofColumbia Funeral Services Regulatory Act of1984, effective May22, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-84; D.C. Official Code § 3-402(LA)).". ENROLLED …