Bill Text: CA AB3166 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public health: organ donation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-24 - Read first time. [AB3166 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB3166-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3166
| Introduced by Assembly Member Nazarian |
February 21, 2020 |
An act to amend Section 7152.2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3166, as introduced, Nazarian.
Public health: organ donation.
Existing law authorizes specified organ procurement organizations to establish a not-for-profit entity to establish and maintain the Altruistic Living Donor Registry, which contains information regarding persons who have identified themselves as altruistic living kidney donors.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 7152.2 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:7152.2.
(a) The California organ procurement organizations designated pursuant to Section 273 and following of Title 42 of the United States Code, are(b) The registrar shall make available to the federally designated organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and transplant centers in California information contained in the registry regarding potential altruistic living donors. This information shall be used to expedite a match between identified organ donors and potential recipients.
(c) The registrar may receive voluntary contributions to support the registry and its activities.
(d) The registrar shall collect and make all of the following information relating to altruistic kidney donations available to the public:
(1) The number of donors on the registry.
(2) The changes in the number of donors on the registry.
(3) The general characteristics of donors.
(e) The registrar may also authorize the registry to include persons who identify themselves as altruistic living donors of organs and tissue other than kidneys to be added to the registry, upon a finding by the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the United Network for Organ Sharing that the donation is generally regarded as safe and without a significant risk of complications, and would not adversely affect the health of the donor. Upon a finding pursuant to this subdivision, the registrar shall notify the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
