The bill amends Title 23 of the General Laws by adding a new chapter titled "Autologous or Direct Blood Donations." It defines "autologous blood donation" as a person donating their own blood for personal use during a future medical procedure, and "direct blood donation" as a person donating blood specifically for the use of another individual during that person's future medical procedure.

The bill mandates that hospitals or healthcare facilities licensed under Title 23 must allow patients scheduled for medical procedures to donate blood as ordered by a healthcare provider, provided the facility performs blood donations. Blood banks that facilitate these donations must comply with healthcare provider orders unless the donor is in ill health, has a heart condition that makes donating inadvisable, weighs too little to donate, or cannot donate for any other reason.

Additionally, the bill allows blood banks to charge no more than their regular fee to facilitate an autologous or direct blood donation ordered by a healthcare provider, and they may charge a fee to store the donated blood until it is used by the intended recipient. The Department of Health is tasked with promulgating all necessary rules and regulations to implement this section. The act will take effect upon passage.