Bill Text: NH HB587 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to organ donation on a driver's license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-09-18 - Veto Sustained 09/18/2019: Regular Calendar 224-156 Lacking Necessary Two-Thirds Vote House Journal 21 P. 46 [HB587 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB587-Introduced.html
HB 587 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0607
11/04
HOUSE BILL 587
AN ACT relative to organ donation on a driver's license.
SPONSORS: Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Wallace, Rock. 33; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Aldrich, Belk. 2
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies that a person's decision to donate his or her own body, organ, or tissue upon death is not subject to amendment or revocation after such person's death.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0607
11/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to organ donation on a driver's license.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; Honoring an Individual's Decision to Donate. Amend RSA 291-A:23 to read as follows:
291-A:23 Honoring an Individual's Decision to Donate. A person's decision to make a donation of that person's own body, organ, or tissue after death shall be honored and not subject to amendment or revocation. An individual's decision to opt in to the donor registry for anatomical gifts pursuant to RSA 263:41 shall be conclusive evidence of his or her intent to make a donation of his or her own body, organ, or tissue after death. [In the absence of a revocation or amendment,] Health care providers and procurement organizations shall act in accordance with the donor's decision and may take appropriate actions to effect the anatomical gift.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
