CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 490

Introduced by Assembly Member Vince Fong

February 07, 2023

An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 1672 of the Vehicle Code, relating to organ and tissue donation.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 490, as introduced, Vince Fong. National Marrow Donor Program.
Existing law, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, authorizes the creation of a not-for-profit entity to be designated as the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registrar and requires that entity to establish and maintain the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry for persons who have identified themselves as organ and tissue donors upon their death. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to make available in a public area of each office information about the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry and how gifts can be made.
This bill would, beginning January 1, 2027, require the department to also provide information on the National Marrow Donor Program registry.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 1672 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

1672.
 (a) The department shall make available, in the public area of each office of the department where applications for driver’s licenses or identification cards are received, space for a sign or notice briefly describing the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and Safety Code) and information about the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry and about how private donations may be made.
(b) The department shall make available to the public in its offices a pamphlet or brochure providing more detailed information on the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry and information about how private donations may be made.
(c) The signs, notices, pamphlets, and brochures specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be provided without cost to the department by responsible private parties associated with the anatomical gift program.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.

SEC. 2.

 Section 1672 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

1672.
 (a) The department shall make available, in the public area of each office of the department where applications for driver’s licenses or identification cards are received, space for a sign or notice briefly describing the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 7150) of Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and Safety Code) and information about the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry, the National Marrow Donor Program registry, and information about how private donations may be made.
(b) The department shall make available to the public in its offices a pamphlet or brochure providing more detailed information on the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry, the National Marrow Donor Program registry, and information about how private donations may be made.
(c) The signs, notices, pamphlets, and brochures specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be provided without cost to the department by responsible private parties associated with the anatomical gift program and the National Marrow Donor Program registry.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.