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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
May 31, 2016
H. 4391
Introduced by Reps. Burns, Yow, Chumley, Felder, Loftis, Bradley and Collins
S. Printed 5/31/16--S.
Read the first time April 21, 2016.
TO AMEND SECTION 44-43-305, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TERMS DEFINED IN THE REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT, SO AS TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF "TISSUE" TO INCLUDE BRAIN TISSUE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-43-350, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO AUTHORIZED RECIPIENTS OF ANATOMICAL GIFTS, SO AS TO CLARIFY THAT GIFTS OF BRAIN TISSUE MAY BE USED ONLY FOR RESEARCH OR EDUCATION.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. There is created the Brain Tissue Donor Study Committee charged with providing a process and procedure for citizens of this State to designate that upon his or her death, the person's brain tissue be donated for the purpose of research and education. Membership of the study committee shall be comprised of seven members as follows:
(1) one researcher from Clemson University
(2) one researcher from the University of South Carolina
(3) one researcher from the Medical University of South Carolina
(4) one representative from the SC Department of Motor Vehicles
(5) one representative from Donate Life South Carolina
(6) one representative from LifePoint, Inc.
(7) one representative from the National Alliance on Mental Illness South Carolina.
Staff from the Senate and the House of Representatives shall assist the study committee. The study committee shall provide a report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2016, at which time the study committee shall dissolve. Members of the study committee shall serve without mileage, per diem, or subsistence.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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