SB2283 - Tennessee: Anatomical Gifts

Companion Bill HB2302. Anatomical Gifts - Requires organ procurement agencies to submit written requests for tissue and organ procurement to hospital and patient's immediate family prior to procurement. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3; Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1; Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68, Chapter 30. Fiscal Summary for SB2283 / *HB2302Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2283 / *HB2302 Present law requires each hospital to develop a protocol for identifying potential tissue and organ donors. Such protocol must require, at or near the time of death of any patient or upon the identification of a terminally-ill patient, that each hospital contact the appropriate organ procurement agency, which, after consultation [...]

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