PRINTER'S NO.  1270

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1164

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BAKER, BOBACK, BOYD, BRADFORD, CLYMER, FABRIZIO, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLEN, HARPER, KORTZ, MAJOR, MATZIE, MILLARD, PASHINSKI, PETRARCA, PICKETT, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SWANGER AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 23, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, MARCH 23, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of July 2, 2006 (P.L.292, No.65), entitled "An

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act relating to organ and bone marrow donation; providing for

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a special leave of absence for organ and bone marrow donors;

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and providing for a tax credit and for additional duties of

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the Department of Revenue," further providing for

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applicability of act.

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The General Assembly finds as follows:

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(1)  Each year an estimated 137,000 Americans contract

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leukemia, lymphoma anemia or other fatal blood diseases.

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(2)  If a matched bone marrow donor can be found, many of

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these victims can be cured.

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(3)  There is now a National Marrow Donor Program, and

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the United States is working with 30 other countries to

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establish a worldwide registry.

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(4)  Marrow donation does not involve considerable risk

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to the donor.

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(5)  There are approximately 110,500 patients in the

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United States and approximately 8,000 patients in this

 


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Commonwealth awaiting lifesaving organ transplants.

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(6)  Many patients awaiting organ transplants could

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benefit from living organ donation, including approximately

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93,000 kidney patients, 16,900 liver patients and 2,000 lung

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patients.

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(7)  Of the more than 1,700 organ transplants performed

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in this Commonwealth in 2010, approximately 300 were from

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living donors.

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(8)  There continues to be a great need for bone marrow

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and organ donors among the African-American, Asian, Native

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American and Hispanic communities.

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(9)  Potential living bone marrow and organ donors should

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be able to perform their lifesaving service without risk of

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loss of income or employment.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 6 of act of July 2, 2006 (P.L.292,

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No.65), known as the Organ and Bone Marrow Donor Act, is amended

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to read:

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Section 6.  Applicability.

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This act shall apply to tax years commencing on or after

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January 1, 2006[, through any taxable year commencing within

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2010, and carryover credits provided for in section 3(c) may be

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used after 2010].

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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