§ 4368. New York state gift of life medal of honor. The governor shall
establish a program for public recognition of organ, tissue and bone
marrow donors and their families for their life saving contributions.
The governor shall commission the design, with the advice and consent of
the department and the transplant council established pursuant to
section forty-three hundred sixty-one of this article, of the "New York
State gift of life medal of honor". Such medal shall be awarded annually
to honor the memory of all individual organ donors or the gifts of donor
families. Persons who donate bone marrow shall also be eligible to be
awarded the medal. The department and the transplant council shall be
responsible for nominating and choosing recipients, and for overseeing
and maintaining such program.