The University of Central Oklahoma could be the home of the medical examiner’s office under a bill that passed a Senate subcommittee this morning. Senate Bill 1337 would move the office from its current location near the OU Health Science Center to UCO’s Forensic Science Institute.Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore/Duncan, filed the bill in hopes that a change in location would help improve the troubled office.
“We’re hoping this would get the office on the right track,” Sykes said.
The office, which performs autopsies for criminal and civil cases, lost its accreditation in June and has been embroiled in controversy since last year.
Sykes says efforts to move the office have been in discussion for several months are not a result of recent troubles at the office.
“We’re hoping this will be a real shot in the arm for them,” he said.
The bill will now go to the full committee for consideration.
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