PRINTER'S NO. 510
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
465
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ELLIS, SCHLOSSBERG, COHEN, EVERETT, MILLARD, DAY,
SCHWEYER, DIAMOND, DEASY, MURT, A. HARRIS, D. COSTA,
READSHAW, GIBBONS, SIMMONS, TRUITT AND TOOHIL,
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further
providing for definitions; and, in miscellaneous provisions,
providing for voluntary posthumous organ donation by inmates.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 102 of Title 61 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this title shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Anatomical gift." A donation of all or part of a human body
to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of
transplantation, therapy, research or education.
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Section 2. Title 61 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 5907. Organ donation by inmates.
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