South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 4541


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    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



History


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 Committee


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A BILL

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.

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