S0180B1532A06308 AJM:BTW 04/09/18 #90 A06308
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 180
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE PETRARCA
Printer's No. 1532
Amend Bill, page 87, line 4, by striking out all of said line
and inserting
(b) Referrals.--
(1) If an organ procurement organization
Amend Bill, page 87, by inserting between lines 11 and 12
(2) The following shall apply to coroners and medical
examiners:
(i) except as set forth in subparagraph (ii), a
coroner or medical examiner shall notify the applicable
designated organ procurement organization of a person's
death in accordance with a mutually agreed-upon protocol.
Notification shall be made in a timely manner to ensure
that examination, evaluation and ascertainment of donor
status as set forth in subsection (d) can be completed
within a time frame compatible with the recovery of
tissues for transplant; and
(ii) notification under this paragraph shall not be
made if:
(A) the decedent was admitted to the hospital at
or around the time of death; or
(B) the notification to the coroner or medical
examiner occurred more than 18 hours following the
estimated time of the decedent's death.
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