Organ Donorship
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Organ Donation – Prohibition on Discrimination by Insurer and Unpaid Leave [SB-705]
Prohibiting certain insurers, based solely on the status of an applicant or individual status as an organ donor, from taking certain actions relating to certain insurance policies; prohibiting certain insurers from prohibiting an applicant or individual from donating an organ as a condition of insurance; providing that certain employees are entitled to a certain number of business days of unpaid organ donation leave in a 12-month period under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Education - Public and Nonpublic High Schools - Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Instruction [HB-567]
Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, requiring county boards of education to provide instruction on organ and tissue donation and registration as part of a specified curriculum in grades 9 through 12 in public schools; specifying the purposes and goals of the instruction; encouraging nonpublic high schools to provide instruction on organ and tissue donation and registration in a certain manner; and encouraging county boards to provide instruction on organ and tissue donation and registration during the 2019-2020 school year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/07/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Organ Donation - Prohibition on Discrimination by Insurer and Unpaid Leave [HB-1284]
Prohibiting certain insurers, based solely on the status of an applicant or individual status as an organ donor, from taking certain action relating to certain insurance policies; prohibiting certain insurers from prohibiting an applicant or individual from donating an organ as a condition of insurance; providing that certain employees are entitled to up to 60 business days of unpaid organ donation leave in a 12-month period under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 402 on 05/13/2019
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Veterans - Medical Marijuana [SB-902]
Adding posttraumatic stress disorder under a definition of "debilitating medical condition" for the purposes of specified affirmative defenses to a charge of use or possession of marijuana; establishing a specified affirmative defense for a charge of use or possession of marijuana for a specified qualified veteran patient; establishing a specified written certification for a qualified veteran patient; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Emergency Vehicles - Blood, Organ, or Tissue Delivery Vehicles [HB-662]
Altering the defined term "emergency vehicle" to include a blood, organ, or tissue delivery vehicle; defining the term "blood, organ, or tissue delivery vehicle"; authorizing the driver of an emergency vehicle to exercise specified privileges while transporting under specified circumstances human blood, organs, or tissue or medical personnel; authorizing blood, organ, or tissue delivery vehicles to be equipped with specified light or signal devices; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Hearing 2/25 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/25/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Organ Donation Leave [HB-1454]
Providing that specified employees are entitled to a specified number of business days of paid organ donation leave in a 12-month period; requiring an eligible employee to provide specified written physician verification to the employer to receive organ donation leave; authorizing an employer to require an eligible employee to substitute a specified number of days of paid leave for any part or all of the period of organ donation leave under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence Lam
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/15/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Veterans - Medical Marijuana [HB-1452]
Adding posttraumatic stress disorder under a definition of "debilitating medical condition" for the purposes of specified affirmative defenses to a charge of use or possession of marijuana; establishing a specified affirmative defense for a charge of use or possession of marijuana for a specified qualified veteran patient; establishing a specified written certification for a qualified veteran patient; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Hearing 3/11 At 1:00 P.m. (health And Government Operations) on 03/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Organ Donation Driver Education Act of 2016 [HB-1224]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations requiring that classroom instruction for the driver education program include a video course of not more than 15 minutes that pertains to organ, eye, and tissue donation in the State and becoming an organ, eye, or tissue donor; and requiring the video course to be completed in the classroom.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Turner
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/17/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Nondiscrimination in Access to Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation [SB-792]
Prohibiting specified entities from taking specified actions regarding organ transplantation and anatomical gifts solely on the basis of an individual's disability; prohibiting specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from denying coverage for organ transplantations solely on the basis of an insured's or enrollee's disability; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 383 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Donor Registry - Information and Methods of Registration - Clerks of Circuit Courts, Registers of Wills, and Motor Vehicle Administration (Enhancing Organ Donation Rates Act) [SB-415]
Requiring the clerks of the circuit courts and registers of wills to make available to the public information about registering with the State donor registry; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to provide a method by which an individual doing business with the Administration can register as a donor with the State donor registry for a specified purpose and select to have a donor designation on the individual's driver's license or identification card; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 348 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Donor Registry - Information and Methods of Registration - Clerks of Circuit Courts, Registers of Wills, and Motor Vehicle Administration (Enhancing Organ Donation Rates Act) [HB-592]
Requiring the clerks of the circuit courts and registers of wills to make available to the public information about registering with the State donor registry; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to provide a method by which an individual doing business with the Administration can register as a donor with the State donor registry for a specified purpose and select to have a donor designation on the individual's driver's license or identification card; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Presumed Consent Organ Donation in Maryland [HB-118]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Presumed Consent Organ Donation in Maryland; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Task Force to report its interim and final findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before June 1, 2016, and June 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Morhaim
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 02/24/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Nondiscrimination in Access to Anatomical Gifts and Organ Transplantation [HB-1122]
Prohibiting specified entities from taking specified actions regarding organ transplantation and anatomical gifts solely on the basis of an individual's disability; authorizing, under specified circumstances, specified entities to take an individual's disability into account when making specified recommendations or decisions; requiring, except under specified circumstances, specified entities to take specified steps to ensure that an individual with a disability is not denied specified services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/18/2015
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Administration - Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards - Organ Donor Designation [SB-813]
Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Motor Vehicle Administration to make a notation on a driver's license or identification card of an applicant who selects designation as an organ donor; requiring the Administration to notify specified applicants that a donor designation will remain effective until the applicant requests that the designation be removed; altering the manner in which a donor designation may be removed from a driver's license or identification card; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 343 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Administration - Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards - Organ Donor Designation [HB-529]
Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Motor Vehicle Administration to make a notation on a driver's license or identification card of an applicant who selects designation as an organ donor; requiring the Administration to notify specified applicants that a donor designation will remain effective until the applicant requests that the designation be removed; altering the manner in which a donor designation may be removed from a driver's license or identification card; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Malone
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Maryland Perfusion Act - Applicability [HB-1555]
Providing that provisions of law governing the practice of perfusion do not apply to persons who preserve human organs for transplantation under an investigational device exemption clinical trial or a humanitarian device exemption that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or a federally designated organ procurement organization.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Bromwell
Hearing 4/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Morticians and Funeral Directors - Contracts - Statement Regarding Availability of Internal Organs for Burial [HB-1466]
Altering the items that must be included in a specified contract to include a statement, under specified circumstances, regarding whether there are any internal organs that will not be available for burial with the deceased.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Crimes - Trafficking of Human Organs - Penalties [HB-1187]
Prohibiting a person from recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving an individual, either living or deceased, for the purpose of removing one or more of the individual's organs by specified means; prohibiting a person from transporting or transplanting an organ obtained in a specified manner to one or more other persons under specified circumstances; providing penalties of imprisonment, not to exceed 5 years, or a fine, not to exceed $10,000, or both for a violation of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Carter
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/13/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Organ Donation Driver Education Act of 2013 [SB-768]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations requiring that classroom instruction for the driver education program include a video course of a specified duration that pertains to organ, eye, and tissue donation in the State and becoming an organ, eye, or tissue donor; and requiring the video course to be completed in the classroom.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Kasemeyer
Favorable Report By Environmental Matters on 04/08/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Administration - Organ Donation - Presumed Consent (Patricia Hanberry Gift of Life Act) [SB-40]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to notify an applicant for a driver's license or identification card that the applicant shall be deemed to have consented to be an organ donor unless the applicant expressly chooses not to consent; requiring the Administration to provide for a method by which the applicant can designate that the applicant does not consent to being an organ donor; and requiring the Administration to indicate whether an individual is an organ donor on the individual's driver's license or identification card.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Young
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings Withdrawn on 03/13/2013