Revision: March 11, 2020, 2:14 p.m.
HB 1331 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
11Mar2020... 0471h
2020 SESSION
20-2398
11/01
HOUSE BILL 1331
AN ACT relative to organ donation on a driver's license.
SPONSORS: Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep. Klein-Knight, Hills. 11; Rep. Aldrich, Belk. 2; Rep. Piemonte, Rock. 4; Rep. St. Clair, Belk. 9; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies that a person's decision to donate his or her own body, organ, or tissue upon death is not subject to amendment or revocation after such person's death.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11Mar2020... 0471h 20-2398
11/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to organ donation on a driver's license.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; Honoring an Individual's Decision to Donate. Amend RSA 291-A:23 to read as follows:
291-A:23 Honoring an Individual's Decision to Donate. A person's decision to make a donation of that person's own body, organ, or tissue after death shall be honored and may not be revoked or amended by anyone after such individual's death. In the absence of a revocation or amendment by the individual prior to death, health care providers and procurement organizations shall act in accordance with the donor's decision and may take appropriate actions to effect the anatomical gift.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.