Survey of State Regulators - Regulation of Funeral Homes (GAO-03-831SP)

Q8. Please indicate how these proposals for legislative or regulatory changes came about.
  Accounts of desecration of human remains or other mismanagement Accounts of fraud or deceptive practices Lobbying efforts of consumer groups Lobbying efforts of the death care industry Proposals from state regulatory agencies Other
Alabama X X        
Alaska            
Arizona X   X X X  
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California     X X X  
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Connecticut X X X X    
Delaware         X  
Florida X X X X    
Georgia X       X  
Hawaii            
Idaho         X  
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Iowa            
Kansas         X  
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Maine   X   X    
Maryland     X     X
Massachusetts   X     X  
Michigan           X
Minnesota         X  
Mississippi            
Missouri X X     X  
Montana           X
Nebraska            
Nevada         X  
New Hampshire            
New Jersey     X X X  
New Mexico            
New York           X
North Carolina         X  
North Dakota            
Ohio            
Oklahoma         X  
Oregon            
Pennsylvania       X X  
Rhode Island            
South Carolina       X X  
South Dakota       X    
Tennessee X   X X    
Texas X X X X X  
Utah            
Vermont         X  
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Washington         X  
West Virginia         X  
Wisconsin       X    
Wyoming       X X  
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