Report Title:

Anatomical Gifts; Sunset Repeal

Description:

Repeals sunset provision of Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, relating to anatomical gifts, making permanent the enactments for organ and tissue education fee and Hawaii organ and tissue education special fund.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

739

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, enacted statutory provisions relating to anatomical gifts to facilitate the donation of organs, including telephone access by an organ procurement organization to driver's license database information; a voluntary one dollar organ and tissue education fee attached to motor vehicle registrations; requiring an acute care hospital to report to the local organ procurement organization to determine the suitability of a potential donation; and establishment of the Hawaii organ and tissue education special fund. The provisions for the organ and tissue education fee and the Hawaii organ and tissue education special fund are scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2003. The purpose of this Act is to make these provisions permanent by repealing the sunset provision of Act 88.

SECTION 2. Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, is amended by amending section 9 to read as follows:

"SECTION 9. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that the new sections designated as 286 A and 327 B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in this Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000[, and shall be repealed on June 30, 2003].

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on June 29, 2003.

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