Current Status Bill Number:4541 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980128 Primary Sponsor:Walker All Sponsors:Walker, Tripp, Cooper, McKay, Sandifer, J. Brown, Simrill, McCraw, Townsend, Stuart, Lloyd, Wilder, Phillips, Stille, Byrd, Davenport, Littlejohn, Gamble, Loftis, Cave, Leach, McLeod Drafted Document Number:psd\7099ac.98 Companion Bill Number:921 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee 27 H3M Subject:Organ donation to be donated to organ procurement organization if no donee designated, Medical
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19980317 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. McLeod House 19980128 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-43-410 SO AS TO REQUIRE AN ORGAN DONATION TO BE DONATED TO THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION IF NO DONEE IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED BY THE DONOR; BY ADDING SECTION 44-43-420 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER STATES FOR THE SHARING OF ORGANS, TO REQUIRE DONATIONS TO REMAIN WITH SOUTH CAROLINA RECIPIENTS, AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION; TO AMEND SECTION 44-43-320, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT, SO AS TO DEFINE THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 44-43-410. If an anatomical gift is made in this State of an organ for transplantation purposes for which the donor does not name a specific donee, and if the organ is deemed suitable for transplantation to an individual, the organ must be donated to the organ procurement organization designated by the Health Care Financing Administration as the organ procurement agency for the State. The organ procurement organization shall use its best efforts to determine if there is a suitable recipient in the State.
Section 44-43-420. (A) The organ procurement organization may enter into reciprocal agreements for the sharing of organs with qualified organ procurement organizations in other states that the organ procurement organization considers advisable, necessary, or expedient. However, before the organ procurement organization enters into a reciprocal agreement, the proposed agreement must be approved by the United Network for Organ Sharing or its successor as determined by the United States Department of Health and Human Resources or the Health Care Financing Administration.
(B) Except as may otherwise be provided for by an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (A), the organ procurement organization only may transfer an organ to an out-of-state organ procurement organization or suitable out-of-state recipient for transplantation if a suitable recipient in this State cannot be found in a reasonable amount of time."
SECTION 2. Section 44-43-320 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:
"( ) 'Organ procurement organization' means the agency or organization designated by the Health Care Financing Administration as the organ procurement agency for the State."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.