Assembly Bill A9203A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes 15-17 year olds to register to donate organs and tissue upon their death

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A9203 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2052
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4301 & 4310, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8860, S7457
2015-2016: A4990, S1181

2013-A9203 - Summary

Authorizes 15-17 year olds to register to donate organs and tissue upon their death; provides that parents or a legal guardian shall be notified and can rescind such decision to donate organs or tissue at the time of death; requires that the parent or legal guardian sign the registration along with the 15-17 year old and that such registration may be submitted by mail, in person, or electronically.

2013-A9203 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9203

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PALMESANO
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing people
  between  the ages of fifteen and seventeen to register to be organ and
  tissue donors

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 4301 of the public health law, as
amended  by  chapter  348  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. (A) Any individual of sound mind and eighteen years of age or  more
may give all or any part of his or her body for any purpose specified in
section forty-three hundred two of this article, the gift to take effect
upon  death.  In any case where the donor has properly executed an organ
donor card, driver's license authorization to make an  anatomical  gift,
pursuant  to  paragraph  (a)  of subdivision one of section five hundred
four of the vehicle and traffic law, registered in the  New  York  state
organ and tissue donor registry under section forty-three hundred ten of
this  article, or has otherwise given written authorization for organ or
tissue donation, authorization for donation shall not be rescinded by an
objection by a member of any of the classes specified in paragraphs  (a)
through  (h)  of  subdivision two of this section, except upon a showing
that the donor revoked the authorization.
  (B) ANY INDIVIDUAL OF SOUND MIND AND BETWEEN THE AGES OF  FIFTEEN  AND
SEVENTEEN  MAY  GIVE  ALL OR ANY PART OF HIS OR HER BODY FOR ANY PURPOSE
SPECIFIED IN SECTION FORTY-THREE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE,  THE  GIFT
TO  TAKE  EFFECT  UPON  DEATH;  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT EVEN IN ANY CASE
WHERE THE DONOR HAS PROPERLY EXECUTED  AN  ORGAN  DONOR  CARD,  DRIVER'S
LICENSE  AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
(A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THE  VEHICLE  AND
TRAFFIC  LAW,  OR HAS OTHERWISE GIVEN WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FOR ORGAN OR
TISSUE DONATION, THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIAN  OF  THE  PERSON  OF  THE
DECEDENT  AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER DEATH SHALL BE NOTIFIED PRIOR TO THE
REMOVAL OF ANY ORGAN FOR DONATION AND THE AUTHORIZATION FOR DONATION MAY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2013-A9203A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2052
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4301 & 4310, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8860, S7457
2015-2016: A4990, S1181

2013-A9203A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes 15-17 year olds to register to donate organs and tissue upon their death; provides that parents or a legal guardian shall be notified and can rescind such decision to donate organs or tissue at the time of death; requires that the parent or legal guardian sign the registration along with the 15-17 year old and that such registration may be submitted by mail, in person, or electronically.

2013-A9203A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 9203--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, CLARK, PALMESANO, SKOUFIS, GALEF -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Health -- reported and  referred
  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing people
  between the ages of fifteen and seventeen to register to be organ  and
  tissue donors

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 4301 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 348 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  (A) Any individual of sound mind and eighteen years of age or more
may give all or any part of his or her body for any purpose specified in
section forty-three hundred two of this article, the gift to take effect
upon death. In any case where the donor has properly executed  an  organ
donor  card,  driver's license authorization to make an anatomical gift,
pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one  of  section  five  hundred
four  of  the  vehicle and traffic law, registered in the New York state
organ and tissue donor registry under section forty-three hundred ten of
this article, or has otherwise given written authorization for organ  or
tissue donation, authorization for donation shall not be rescinded by an
objection  by a member of any of the classes specified in paragraphs (a)
through (h) of subdivision two of this section, except  upon  a  showing
that the donor revoked the authorization.
  (B) ANY INDIVIDUAL OF SOUND MIND AND FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR MORE, BUT
LESS  THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, MAY GIVE ALL OR ANY PART OF HIS OR HER
BODY FOR ANY PURPOSE SPECIFIED IN SECTION  FORTY-THREE  HUNDRED  TWO  OF
THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  GIFT  TO TAKE EFFECT UPON DEATH; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT EVEN IN ANY CASE WHERE THE DONOR HAS  PROPERLY  EXECUTED  AN  ORGAN
DONOR  CARD,  DRIVER'S LICENSE AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT,
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED
FOUR  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC LAW, OR HAS OTHERWISE GIVEN WRITTEN
AUTHORIZATION FOR ORGAN OR TISSUE DONATION, IF  AT  TIME  OF  DEATH  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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