Bill Text: IN HB1360 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Health matters.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-19 - Signed by the Governor [HB1360 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1360-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 16-19-3-26.
Synopsis: Anatomical gift promotion fund. Requires the Indiana
Donation Alliance Foundation and Donate Life Indiana to submit an
annual report concerning the anatomical gift promotion fund (fund) to
the: (1) speaker of the house of representatives; (2) president pro tem
of the senate; (3) senate health committee; and (4) house of
representatives public health committee; before February 1. Requires
that any annual reports that were not submitted before March 15, 2011,
must be submitted by August 1, 2012. Extends the expiration date of
the fund from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2014.
Effective: June 30, 2012.
January 10, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
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(b) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds are invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(c) The state department shall administer the fund. Any expenses incurred in administering the fund shall be paid from the fund.
(d) The money in the fund shall be distributed quarterly to the Indiana Donation Alliance Foundation and Donate Life Indiana for the purpose of implementing an organ, tissue, and marrow registry and to promote organ, tissue, and marrow donation.
(e) The Indiana Donation Alliance Foundation and Donate Life Indiana shall keep information regarding the identity of an individual
who has indicated a desire to make an organ or tissue donation
confidential.
(f) The Indiana Donation Alliance Foundation and Donate Life
Indiana shall submit an annual report, including a list of all
expenditures, to the chairperson of the:
(1) legislative council; speaker of the house;
(2) president pro tem of the senate;
(2) (3) senate health committee; and
(3) (4) house public health committee;
before March 15. February 1. The report must be in an electronic
format under IC 5-14-6.
(g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
to the state general fund.
(h) This subsection applies if the Indiana Donation Alliance
Foundation or Donate Life Indiana loses its status as an organization
exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. The Indiana Donation Alliance Foundation and
Donate Life Indiana shall report in an electronic format under
IC 5-14-6 to the chairpersons of the senate standing committee, as
determined by the president pro tempore of the senate, and the house
standing committee, as determined by the speaker of the house of
representatives, that have subject matter jurisdiction over health issues.
The chairpersons shall review the report and recommend to the state
department whether to continue distributions under subsection (d).
(i) Any annual reports that were not submitted by the Indiana
Donation Alliance Foundation or Donate Life Indiana before
March 15, 2011, under subsection (f) must be submitted before
August 1, 2012.
(i) (j) This section expires July 1, 2012. 2014.
