Introduced
by
To update the 1978 state law on organ donations so as to streamline the process of making an anatomical gift. The bill would provide a definition of a donor registry; revise procedures for how organ donors can indicate their designation as such; make it a felony to intentionally falsify, forge, obliterate, or conceal a document of gift (donor card) for financial gain; revise procedures for determining who gets organs; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic donor registry and allow others to do so also. Under current law anatomical gifts must be executed with testamentary formalities, including the creation of a written instrument with a witness. The bill would reduce or eliminate some of these formalities in most cases, making it easier for a person to indicate willingness to be an organ donor. See also House Bill 4940.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
