DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers passed a bill Monday to overhaul the state’s lax funeral home oversight, joining a second measure aimed at regulating the industry that passed last week. Both follow a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies. The cases have devastated hundreds of already grieving families and shed a glaring spotlight on the state’s funeral home regulations, some of the weakest in the nation. The bill passed Monday will head to Gov. Jared Polis’s desk after the House considers a minor change by the Senate. The legislation would give regulators greater enforcement power over funeral homes and require the routine inspection of facilities including after one shutters. The second bill, which is already headed to the governors’ desk, would require funeral directors and other industry roles to be licensed. Those qualifications would include background checks, degrees in mortuary science, passage of a national examination and work experience. |
Steve Clifford wins final game as Charlotte coach, Hornets beat playoffDefending champion Nuggets finish second in West, beating Grizzlies 126Ozuna's 3Congo landslide kills at least 15 people and up to 60 others are missing, officials sayCraft Project fair held in old Damascus, SyriaFlying Tigers members mark 80th anniversary of U.S. force's participation in China's resistance warAncient tombs excavated in GuangzhouLucy Hamilton: Connecting cultures through the power of poetry2023, my memories of ChinaKlauss, Bürki propel St. Louis City to 1