| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2012 |
reported and committed to rules |
| May 22, 2012 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7457
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
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2011-S7457 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S7457 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes 15-17 year olds to register to donate organs and tissue upon their death; provides that parents or a legal guardian shall be notified and can rescind such decision to donate organs or tissue at the time of death; requires that the parent or legal guardian sign the registration along with the 15-17 year old and that such registration may be submitted by mail, in person, or electronically.
2011-S7457 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7457
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing people
between the ages of fifteen and seventeen to register to be organ and
tissue donors
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation provides a mechanism for people under the age of eigh-
teen (18) to register in the Donate Life Registry.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends subdivision 1 of section 4301 of the public health law
to provide that an individual between the ages of fifteen (15) and (17)
may register for the New York State Organ and Tissue Donor Registry to
make an anatomical gift upon death, however such authorization for
donation may be rescinded by a rejection by either parent or legal guar-
dian of the decedent at the time of his or her death.
Section 2. Amends section 4310 of the public health law by adding a new
subdivision 2-a which provides that the Department of Health shall
establish a form to be available in schools, Department of Health and
Department of Motor Vehicles, to allow an individual between (15) and
(17) years of age to register for the New York State Organ and Tissue
Donor Registry with the consent by either a parent or legal guardian of
the person registering.
2011-S7457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7457
I N S E N A T E
May 22, 2012
___________
Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing people
between the ages of fifteen and seventeen to register to be organ and
tissue donors
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4301 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 348 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
1. (A) Any individual of sound mind and eighteen years of age or more
may give all or any part of his or her body for any purpose specified in
section forty-three hundred two of this article, the gift to take effect
upon death. In any case where the donor has properly executed an organ
donor card, driver's license authorization to make an anatomical gift,
pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section five hundred
four of the vehicle and traffic law, registered in the New York state
organ and tissue donor registry under section forty-three hundred ten of
this article, or has otherwise given written authorization for organ or
tissue donation, authorization for donation shall not be rescinded by an
objection by a member of any of the classes specified in paragraphs (a)
through (h) of subdivision two of this section, except upon a showing
that the donor revoked the authorization.
(B) ANY INDIVIDUAL OF SOUND MIND AND BETWEEN THE AGES OF FIFTEEN AND
SEVENTEEN MAY GIVE ALL OR ANY PART OF HIS OR HER BODY FOR ANY PURPOSE
SPECIFIED IN SECTION FORTY-THREE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, THE GIFT
TO TAKE EFFECT UPON DEATH; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT EVEN IN ANY CASE
WHERE THE DONOR HAS PROPERLY EXECUTED AN ORGAN DONOR CARD, DRIVER'S
LICENSE AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
(A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THE VEHICLE AND
TRAFFIC LAW, OR HAS OTHERWISE GIVEN WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FOR ORGAN OR
TISSUE DONATION, THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OF THE
DECEDENT AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER DEATH SHALL BE NOTIFIED PRIOR TO THE
REMOVAL OF ANY ORGAN FOR DONATION AND THE AUTHORIZATION FOR DONATION MAY
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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