HB 145 -- Organ Donation

Sponsor:  Graham

This bill makes several changes to the Anatomical Gift Act.  In
its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Adds definitions for "anatomical donations," "federally
certified organ procurement organizations," and "organ donor
program fund";

(2)  Allows an attending physician or hospital designee to
contact an organ procurement organization to determine the
suitability of an organ, tissue, or eye donation of any patient
who is near death or who dies while an inpatient at a hospital
and specifies the procedures for the determination;

(3)  Allows a hospital to develop and implement a protocol for
referring potential anatomical donors;

(4)  Establishes procedures for conducting death medical record
reviews for the purpose of determining the anatomical donor
potential at a hospital;

(5)  Allows the Division of Motor Vehicle and Drivers Licensing
to modify the driver's license and identification card
application process and renewal system for the purposes of
obtaining information on anatomical donations from persons over
16 years of age and allowing persons under 18 years of age to
register as donors with parental consent;

(6)  Allows applicants for a driver's license or renewal for a
six-year license to make voluntary contributions of $2 to the
Organ Donor Program Fund;

(7)  Specifies persons who can conduct reasonable administrative
and physical searches in order to verify the approval or
non-approval of an organ donation;

(8)  Specifies the use of the Organ Donor Program Fund;

(9)  Adds the following members to the Organ Donation Advisory
Committee:  one representative from the Department of Revenue;
one representative nominated by the Missouri Hospital
Association; and one representative nominated by an eye bank.
The bill also specifies that four advisory committee nominees are
required to be current members of organ procurement organizations
in Missouri; and

(10)  Allows the Director of the Department of Revenue to specify
the procedures and format for allowing an applicant to designate
an anatomical gift on the back of a nondriver's license.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:10 am