A05794
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
108
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SABATINA, VULAKOVICH, ARGALL, BLAKE, YUDICHAK,
FONTANA, COSTA, LANGERHOLC, HAYWOOD, RAFFERTY, BREWSTER AND
HUGHES, JANUARY 13, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 13, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in anatomical gifts,
further providing for manner of executing anatomical gifts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8613 of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 8613. Manner of executing anatomical gifts.
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(g) Rights and protections for certain individuals.--
(1) (i) An individual who is a candidate to receive in
need of an anatomical gift shall not be deemed ineligible
to receive an anatomical gift solely because of the
individual's physical or mental disability, except to the
extent that the physical or mental disability has been
found by a physician or surgeon following an
individualized evaluation of the potential recipient
individual to be medically significant to the provision
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