Bill Text: CA AR44 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to organ donation.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-24-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-11 - Read. Amended. Adopted. (Page 4264.). [AR44 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AR44-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: HR 44	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 11, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Atkins and Irwin
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Achadjian,   Alejo,   Baker,  
Bigelow,   Bloom,   Bonilla,   Bonta,
  Brown,   Burke,   Calderon,  
Campos,   Chang,   Chau,   Chávez, 
 Chiu,   Chu,   Cooley,   Cooper,
  Dababneh,   Dahle,   Daly,  
Dodd,   Eggman,   Frazier,   Beth Gaines,
  Gallagher,   Cristina Garcia,   Eduardo
Garcia,   Gatto,   Gipson,   Gomez, 
 Gordon,   Gray,   Grove,   Hadley,
  Harper,   Roger Hernández,   Holden,
  Jones,   Jones-Sawyer,   Kim,  
Lackey,   Levine,   Linder,   Lopez,
  Low,   Maienschein,   Mathis,  
Mayes,   McCarty,   Medina,   Melendez,
  Mullin,   Nazarian,   Obernolte, 
 O'Donnell,   Olsen,   Patterson,  
Quirk,   Ridley-Thomas,   Rodriguez,  
Salas,   Steinorth,   Mark Stone,  
Thurmond,   Ting,   Wagner,   Waldron,
  Weber,   Wilk,   Williams,  
and Wood   ) 

                        MARCH 29, 2016

   Relative to organ donation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, The Legislature has established an official state organ
and tissue donor registry that has become the largest in the world,
with 13 million people signed up to save and heal the lives of others
after death; and
   WHEREAS, The 10-year official partnership between Donate Life
California and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has resulted in
95 percent of the donors on the registry being added by the DMV with
a simple checkoff box; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature has approved the innovative Living
Donation California information and referral tool to encourage living
kidney donation; and
   WHEREAS, Our Superintendent of Public Instruction has recognized
Donate Life California's high school education program, which has
educated students about organ, eye, and tissue donation for the past
six years and is anticipated to be added to the science frameworks;
and
   WHEREAS, The Assembly acknowledges that California has the
greatest need for transplantation in the nation with 22,000 residents
waiting for a second chance at life, representing one in five on the
national waiting list; and
   WHEREAS, The Assembly acknowledges that in 2015, 918 Californians
became organ donors and 3,417 life-saving transplants were performed
in our state. Tragically, 929 people died while waiting due to the
shortage of available organs; and
   WHEREAS, The Assembly sadly acknowledges that in 2015, California
had the longest waiting time and most deaths while waiting, and that
only 40 percent of Californians sign up as donors; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That in
recognition of the month of April as National Donate Life Month, the
Assembly proclaims the month of April 2016 as Donate Life
California/DMV Month in the State of California; and be it further
   Resolved, That in doing so, the Assembly encourages all
Californians to register with the Donate Life California Organ and
Tissue Donor Registry by checking "YES!" for organ and tissue
donation when applying for or renewing a driver's license or
identification card, or by signing up at www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org
or www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Assembly underscores its renewed efforts to
save more lives through donor registration and calls on all members
of the Assembly to consider how best to share news about both the
need for organ and tissue donation and actions that can be taken to
help their constituents; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.