In March, you received a save-the-date email announcing the exciting news that the Michigan Association of Medical Examiners was bringing this year's annual conference to our state capitol at the Radisson Hotel Lansing from November 6-8, 2020.

However, in the ensuing weeks and months, the COVID-19 pandemic has proven unpredictable and the safety of our members and conference attendees is paramount. As a result, the MAME Executive Committee has made the difficult decision to cancel this year's planned conference in Lansing.

Instead, we will be hosting a virtual conference on Wednesday, November 18 and Thursday, November 19, 2020.

Over the coming weeks, we will be planning our agenda and sending out updates with more information as it becomes available, but please mark these dates in your calendar. It is sure to be a very exciting conference this year, and we will certainly have a lot to discuss!

The Michigan Association of Medical Examiners 2020 Annual Conference will be held November 6-8, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. More details on the agenda will be distributed in the coming weeks.

We are very excited to be bringing the MAME conference to our state capitol in 2020. The Radisson Lansing at the Capitol is in a great location with plenty of entertainment options just a short walk away, including the beautiful Michigan state capitol building, the Impression 5 Science Center, and the Lansing City Market. Reserve your room for the conference now, and use MAME20 to get our group rate.

We hope to see you in November!

It was announced at the MAME 2019 Annual Conference last month that we had received notice that our previous website hosting company is ceasing all business operations on December 31, 2019. After thorough research and hard work, the Executive Committe found a new website platform and have created the website you are seeing now.

We are working diligently to populate this new website with fresh content and to take full advantage of the platform's robust capabilities - such as the new ability for our members to log in and check the status of their membership dues and automated invoicing! Please be patient and pardon our dust as we work to make this website truly serve MAME and, by extension, the communities and families we serve.

Best,

Amanda Janssen
Executive Director

On May 14, 2015, Senator Judy K. Emmons introduced Senate Bill No. 335.

Click here to read SB335 in full.

A bill to amend 1953 PA 181, entitled
"An act relative to investigations in certain instances of the
causes of death within this state due to violence, negligence or
other act or omission of a criminal nature or to protect public
health; to provide for the taking of statements from injured
persons under certain circumstances; to abolish the office of
coroner and to create the office of county medical examiner in
certain counties; to prescribe the powers and duties of county
medical examiners; to prescribe penalties for violations of the
provisions of this act; and to prescribe a referendum thereon,"

by amending section 5 (MCL 52.205), as amended by 2010 PA 108.

JUDY K. EMMONS Serving Michigan's 33rd State Senate District Clare, Gratiot, Isabella, Mecosta, and Montcalm Counties

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