ANATOMICAL GIFTS; INQUIRY                                                         S.B. 1025:

                                                                                         SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                         REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Senate Bill 1025 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Senator Wayne Schmidt

Committee:  Health Policy and Human Services

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Public Health Code to allow a physician's private office or an urgent care center to ask each new patient whether the patient was interested in information regarding the organ and tissue donor registry or donating bone marrow.

Specifically, the bill would allow a physician's private practice office or an urgent care center to do both of the following:

-- Inquire of each new patient who was at least 18 years old and less than 45 years old, either verbally or on a written or electronic form, whether the patient was interested in information on donating bone marrow and, on the patient's request, provide the patient with information on becoming a bone marrow donor; if information were provided, it would have to include contact information for bone marrow donation programs in the State.

-- Inquire of each new patient, either verbally or on a written or electronic form, whether the patient was interested in information on the organ and tissue donor registry and, on the patient's request, provide the patient with educational materials explaining the right to make an anatomical gift under Part 101 (Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Law), information describing the organ and tissue donor registry, and information on how to have the patient's name placed in the organ and tissue donor registry; if information were provided, it would have to include contact information for the State's federally designated organ procurement organization or its successor organization as described in Section 10120.

The materials and information described in the bill could be provided to the patient orally or in written or electronic form.

MCL 333.10401                                     Legislative Analyst:  Stephen P. Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  9-30-22                                  Fiscal Analyst:  Ellyn Ackerman

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.