Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to protections for certain potential recipients of anatomical gifts
Topics:Health care
Same legislation: HF 2561
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2020
- Done: House committeeFebruary 20, 2020
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 9, 2020
- Done: Senate committeeJune 5, 2020
- Done: Passes the SenateJune 12, 202048–0
- Done: To the GovernorJune 24, 2020
- Done: Signed into lawJune 25, 2020
HF 2561 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 2561, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 2561 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the uniform anatomical gift Act by prohibiting a hospital, physician, procurement organization, or other person from determining the ultimate recipient of an anatomical gift based upon a potential recipient’s disability, except to the extent that the disability has been found by a physician, following a case-by-case evaluation of the potential recipient, to be medically significant to the provision of the anatomical gift. The prohibition applies to each part of the anatomical gift process and provides that a person with a disability shall not be required to demonstrate postoperative independent living abilities in order to have access to an anatomical gift if there is evidence that the person will have sufficient, compensatory support and assistance.
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The bill provides that a court shall accord priority on its calendar and handle expeditiously any action brought to seek any remedy authorized by law for purposes of enforcing compliance with the bill. The bill is not to be deemed to require referrals or recommendations for, or the performance of, medically inappropriate transplants of a part (an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being). The bill defines “disability” as having the same meaning as used in the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
House subcommittee
Named February 17, 2020. On February 18, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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