Bill Text | History of Actions | Amendments | Background | Title |
Description: Organ donations; organ procurement organization shall notify medical examiner, who may be present during organ removal.
Bill Text: [Introduced] [Committee Substitute] [Passed House]
| 1 | 01/12 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services | |
| 2 | 01/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub | |
| 3 | 02/08 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted | |
| 4 | 02/08 (H) Amended | |
| 5 | 02/08 (H) Passed As Amended | |
| 6 | 02/10 (H) Transmitted To Senate | |
| 7 | 02/11 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare | |
| 8 | 02/23 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended | |
| 9 | 03/02 (S) Amended | |
| 10 | 03/02 (S) Passed As Amended | |
| 11 | 03/03 (S) Returned For Concurrence | |
| 12 | 03/16 (H) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf | |
| 13 | 03/17 (H) Conferees Named Holland,Wells-Smith,Fredericks | |
| 14 | 03/23 (S) Declined to Grant Conference |
| Adopted | [H] | Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) |
| Adopted | [S] | Committee Amendment No 1 |
| [S] | Amendment Report for House Bill No. 687 |
| Effective date | July 1, 2005 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Senate Committee:
Principal Author: Aldridge
Additional Author: Holland
Code Sections: A 041-0039-0015, A 041-0061-0059, A 041-0061-0065, RP 041-0061-0071
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-39-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A DECEASED PATIENT IN A HOSPITAL IS MEDICALLY SUITABLE TO BE AN ORGAN AND/OR TISSUE DONOR, AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED, THE DONOR’S ORGANS AND/OR TISSUES SHALL BE REMOVED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION BY THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION, WHICH SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE MEDICAL EXAMINER THAT THE DECEASED PATIENT IS MEDICALLY SUITABLE TO BE AN ORGAN AND/OR TISSUE DONOR; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINES THAT EXAMINATION, ANALYSIS OR AUTOPSY OF THE ORGANS AND/OR TISSUE IS NECESSARY FOR HIS OR HER INVESTIGATION, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER MAY BE PRESENT WHILE THE ORGANS AND/OR TISSUES ARE REMOVED; TO REQUIRE THE PHYSICIAN REMOVING THE ORGANS AND/OR TISSUES TO FILE WITH THE MEDICAL EXAMINER A REPORT DETAILING THE DONATION; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN REQUESTED BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE A BIOPSY OR MEDICALLY APPROVED SAMPLE FROM THE DONATED ORGANS AND/OR TISSUES; TO PROVIDE THAT IN A MEDICAL-LEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION, DECISIONS ABOUT ORGAN AND/OR TISSUE DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED AND MUTUALLY AGREED TO BY FIVE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING SEVERAL DIFFERENT INTERESTS; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MEDICAL EXAMINER WHO FAILS TO FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL MAY BE DECERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-61-59 AND 41-61-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO REPEAL SECTION 41-61-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH SETS FORTH A PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING CORNEAL TISSUE AND OTHER TISSUES FROM A DECEDENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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