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Turner: Protections from funeral home negligence long overdue

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Category: Press Releases
Tuesday, April 09, 2024 05:23 PM
  • SB 2643

Senator Turner

SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Doris Turner spearheaded a measure through the Senate that would hold funeral homes accountable by reestablishing integrity and trust in the death care industry. Her legislation, Senate Bill 2643, comes in response to a Carlinville funeral home insufficiently handling human remains, giving over 60 families the wrong remains.

“The status quo isn’t working. Dead or alive, everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect,” said Turner (D-Springfield). “I’m committed to holding bad actors accountable. No family should receive the dreaded call that they were given the wrong remains.”

Senate Bill 2643 would add identification rules and regulations for the handling and storing of human bodies. When the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation receives a complaint, the agency would be required to inspect the premises within 10 calendar days.

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Turner secures funding for St. John’s College of Nursing

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Thursday, March 28, 2024 09:20 AM
  • Grant Funding

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SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Doris Turner helped secure over $70,000 in funding heading to St. John's College of Nursing to help increase the number of professional nurses in Illinois.

“We are lucky to have an exceptional nursing school here in Springfield,” said Turner (D-Springfield). “By investing in our health care workforce, we are addressing the nursing shortage head on. We are taking action to ensure better health care access for all.”

The Illinois Board of Higher Education awarded a total of $70,670 through a nursing school grant to St. John’s College of Nursing. The grant was awarded through a competitive application process where institutions submitted enrollment, retention, completion and job placement rates of their students during a multi-year period and how grant funds would be used to enhance their program’s efforts to close equity gaps and improve student success.

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Turner, Faraci: USPS should listen to our community

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Thursday, March 21, 2024 01:37 PM

SPRINGFIELD – State Senators Paul Faraci (D-Champaign) and Doris Turner (D-Springfield) released the following statement in response to the United States Postal Service’s recommendations to downsize facilities in Central Illinois and move mail service to larger cities:

“We can’t risk our mail being diverted to St. Louis and Chicago. Moving local mail to post offices far from Central Illinois will not only slow down service, but also create life threatening hardships for those who rely on reliable mail service for their medication needs. Under these recommendations, Springfield, Champaign and surrounding communities will be directly impacted.

“Additionally, jobs will be lost or displaced, hurting our local economy, uprooting families and the increased wait times for mail will negatively impact our small businesses.

“If the Postmaster General wants to make sweeping changes that hurt our community in the name of ‘efficiency,’ we hope to see the evidence to back up the claims.”

Turner on funeral home accountability: The status quo isn’t working

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024 02:49 PM

Senator Turner

SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Doris Turner is leading a measure that would hold funeral homes accountable by reestablishing integrity and trust in the death care industry. Her legislation, Senate Bill 2643, comes in response to a Carlinville funeral home insufficiently handling human remains, giving over 60 families the wrong remains.

“Since the news broke about the Carlinville funeral home, I have been working with Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon to ensure this never happens again in the state of Illinois,” said Turner (D-Springfield). “It’s clear – the status quo isn’t working. We have to hold bad actors accountable in the death care industry.”

Senate Bill 2643 would add identification rules and regulations for the handling and storing of human bodies. When the Illinois Department of Finance and Professional Regulation receives a complaint, the agency would be required to inspect the premises within 10 calendar days.

Turner’s initiative would require funeral establishments and crematory authorities to maintain a chain of custody records that are uniquely identified to the deceased, ensuring that the death care industry is able to identify the human remains in its possession through final disposition.

“I’ve heard directly from families who have been forced to relive the death of their loved one,” said Turner. “Dead or alive, everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. With this legislation, I hope no family will receive the dreaded call that they were given the wrong remains.”

Senate Bill 2643 passed the Senate Executive Committee and heads to the full Senate.

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  1. Turner advances measure to ensure university, community college employees receive pay during winter weather closures
  2. Turner measure to protect the public’s safety in an emergency advances
  3. Turner advances measure to further tackle food deserts
  4. Turner applauds nearly $2 million investment for Springfield, Decatur pre-apprenticeship programs
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Welcome to my legislative website. I am proud to serve as the State Senator from Illinois’ 48th District. I hope you’ll find this site a useful resource in keeping up-to-date with what’s happening in our district and in Springfield. Please contact any of my offices with questions or ways I can better serve you.

It is my honor to represent you in Springfield.

Sincerely,

Sen. Doris Turner

State Senator Doris Turner
48th Senate District

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Office Info

Capitol Office:
Stratton Office Building
401 S. Spring St.
Section F, Office B
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-0228
 

Decatur Office:
1210 S. Jasper St.
Decatur, IL 62321
(217) 706-5311

Springfield Office:
725 North Grand Ave. E.
Springfield, IL 62702
(217) 670-1828

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