Bill Text: MI HR0150 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution to declare August 2021 as Minority Donor Awareness Month in the state of Michigan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-17 - Adopted [HR0150 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HR0150-Enrolled.html
house resolution no.150
Reps. Brabec, Aiyash, Bezotte, Breen, Brixie, Tyrone Carter, Cavanagh, Clemente, Ellison, Haadsma, Hood, Hope, Jones, Kuppa, Morse, Pohutsky, Rabhi, Rogers, Sabo, Sneller, Sowerby, Stone, Weiss and Young offered the following resolution:
A resolution to declare August 2021 as Minority Donor Awareness Month in the state of Michigan.
Whereas, Donor and recipient matches are most commonly found among members of the same ethnicity, and where experts believe the chance for longer-term survival for transplants may be greater among donors and recipients of the same genetic background; and
Whereas, The need for organ transplant is significant among minority communities because of disproportionately higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and kidney failure; and
Whereas, Nationwide over 100,000 people are currently awaiting an organ transplant, 60% of which are minorities. But across the country in 2020, only 46% of organ recipients and only 32% of organ donors were minority people. On average nationwide, approximately twenty people per day die while on the organ transplant waiting list; and
Whereas, In Michigan approximately 2,611 people are currently awaiting an organ transplant, 43% of which are minorities. But in Michigan in 2020, only 29% of organ recipients and only 20% of donors were minority people. In Michigan last year, approximately 141 people died while on the organ transplant waiting list; and
Whereas, The Michigan Legislature recognizes the importance of educating the community about organ, eye, and tissue donation and transplantation, and encouraging those in minority communities to register as donors and have conversations with family and friends regarding donation; and
Whereas, The Michigan Legislature provides acknowledgement and gratitude to living and deceased minority donors of this state; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare August 2021 as Minority Donor Awareness Month in the state of Michigan.
