Bill Text: NH HB587 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to a New Hampshire first designation on the donor registry for anatomical gifts.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 01/03/2024 House Journal 1 P. 59 [HB587 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB587-Introduced.html
HB 587-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0166
06/05
HOUSE BILL 587-FN
AN ACT relative to a New Hampshire first designation on the donor registry for anatomical gifts.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cambrils, Merr. 4; Rep. Layon, Rock. 13; Rep. Cushman, Hills. 28; Rep. Vose, Rock. 5; Rep. D. Thomas, Rock. 16; Rep. Hamer, Hills. 19; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr. 15; Rep. MacKay, Merr. 18
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds a checkbox to the division of motor vehicles driver's license and nondriver's identification card application form. The checkbox, when marked, indicates a person has registered with the division of motor vehicles as an organ donor and that they want their organ donation to go to a New Hampshire resident-recipient before an out-of-state resident.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0166
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to a New Hampshire first designation on the donor registry for anatomical gifts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Donor Registry for Anatomical Gifts. Amend RSA 263:41 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. The director shall add a “New Hampshire First” checkbox to the New Hampshire driver's license and nondriver's picture identification card application form. The checkbox, when checked or marked, shall indicate a person that has registered with the division of motor vehicles as an organ and tissue donor under the provisions of this section and intends that their organs be donated to suitable New Hampshire resident-recipients on the organ transplant waiting list first before out-of-state residents.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
23-0166
11/14/22
HB 587-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to a New Hampshire first designation on the donor registry for anatomical gifts.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2026.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Safety
