PRINTER'S NO. 2966
No. 2201 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY MAHER, DECEMBER 3, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 3, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for use
3 of driver's license or identification card to indicate organ
4 or tissue donation.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 8619 of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 8619. Use of driver's license or identification card to
10 indicate organ or tissue [donation] donor or
11 recipient.
12 [Beginning as soon as practicable, but no later than January
13 1, 1995, or one year following the effective date of this
14 section, whichever is later, the] The Department of
15 Transportation shall redesign the driver's license and
16 identification card application system to process requests for
17 information regarding [consent]:
18 (1) Consent of the individual to organ or tissue
1 donation. The following question shall be asked:
2 Do you wish to have the organ donor designation printed
3 on your driver's license or identification card?
4 Only an affirmative response of an individual shall be noted on
5 the front of the driver's license or identification card and
6 shall clearly indicate the individual's intent to donate his
7 organs or tissue. A notation on an individual's driver's license
8 or identification card that he intends to donate his organs or
9 tissue is deemed sufficient to satisfy all requirements for
10 consent to organ or tissue donation.
11 (2) Consent of the individual to be a recipient of an
12 organ or tissue donation. The following question shall be
13 asked:
14 Do you wish to have a designation printed on your
15 driver's license or identification card indicating your
16 consent to be a recipient of an organ or tissue donation?
17 Only an affirmative response of an individual shall be noted on
18 the front of the driver's license or identification card and
19 shall clearly indicate the individual's consent to be a
20 recipient of an organ or tissue donation.
21 Section 2. The Department of Transportation shall complete
22 the redesign required under 20 Pa.C.S. § 8619 no later than one
23 year following the effective date of this act.
24 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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