Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

H.B. 95
                          GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                                                                            Feb 16, 2021
                                      SESSION 2021                                    HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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                                   HOUSE BILL DRH10014-MG-36
     Short Title:   Improve Anatomical Gift Donation Process.                                  (Public)
     Sponsors:      Representatives Sasser, Potts, Carney, and K. Baker (Primary Sponsors).
     Referred to:
 1                                       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 2   AN ACT IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF ORGAN, EYE, AND TISSUE DONATION
 3       AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY REQUIRING DONORS WHO
 4       ORIGINALLY BECAME DONORS IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION TO CONSENT TO
 5       THE IMPRINTING OF AN ANATOMICAL GIFT STATEMENT OR SYMBOL ON THE
 6       DONOR'S NORTH CAROLINA DRIVERS LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD
 7       AND BY CLARIFYING WHEN AN ANATOMICAL GIFT MADE BY AUTHORIZING
 8       THAT A STATEMENT OR SYMBOL BE IMPRINTED ON THE DONOR'S DRIVERS
 9       LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD WILL BE CONSIDERED REVOKED.
10   The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
11               SECTION 1. G.S. 130A-412.7(a) reads as rewritten:
12       "(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift by any of the following methods:
13               (1)     By authorizing that a statement or symbol be imprinted on the donor's drivers
14                       license or identification card indicating that the donor has made an anatomical
15                       gift. A donor who originally became a donor in another jurisdiction is required
16                       to authorize that a statement or symbol be imprinted on the donor's drivers
17                       license or identification card issued in this State in order for the anatomical
18                       gift to be valid under this subdivision. Anatomical gifts made by this method
19                       shall not include a donation of the donor's body.
20               …."
21               SECTION 2. G.S. 130A-412.7 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
22       "(c1) A statement or symbol on a drivers license or identification card issued in this State
23   indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift shall remain on the donor's drivers license
24   or identification card until the donor revokes consent to make an anatomical gift by requesting
25   removal of the statement or symbol from the drivers license or identification card in the manner
26   prescribed by the Division of Motor Vehicles."
27               SECTION 3. This act becomes effective October 1, 2021.
                                    *DRH10014-MG-36*
Statutes affected: 
Filed: 130A-412.7
Edition 1: 130A-412.7
Edition 2: 130A-412.7
Edition 3: 106-145.5
Edition 4: 106-145.5
Ratified: 106-145.5
SL 2021-135: 106-145.5