U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10739: Strengthening the Medical Examiner and Coroner System Act of 2026
Status: In committee, October 5, 2026
To amend the Public Health Service Act to encourage qualified individuals to enter the forensic pathology workforce, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Public Health Service Act to encourage qualified individuals to enter the forensic pathology workforce, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, October 5, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to encourage qualified individuals to enter the forensic pathology workforce, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening the Medical Examiner and Coroner System Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Forensic medical needs Part E of title VII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 294n et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 4 Forensic pathology workforce SECTION 779. Grants to address the forensic medicine service provider shortage (a) Definitions In this Public Law 117-327 ). (2) Medicolegal death investigator The term medicolegal death investigator means an individual who performs formal inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a human being to assist in the determination of the cause and manner of death. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary, acting through the Collaborating Office of Medical Examiners and Coroners of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (b) Purposes The purposes of this section are-- (1) to encourage and incentivize qualified medical school graduates to enter the practice of forensic pathology by supporting forensic pathology fellowships; (2) to encourage and incentivize qualified individuals to enter the field of medicolegal death investigation to conduct death investigations in support of forensic medicine service providers; and …
Sponsors
- Michael Guest (R, HD-003) · primary sponsor
- Emanuel Cleaver (D, HD-005)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Health
Common questions
- What is HB10739?
- HB10739 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Strengthening the Medical Examiner and Coroner System Act of 2026.
- What does HB10739 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Public Health Service Act to encourage qualified individuals to enter the forensic pathology workforce, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10739?
- In committee as of October 5, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (October 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10739?
- Michael Guest (R, HD-003), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB10739?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10739
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