| Last Action | 02/04/26: to Health Services (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to organ donation safety. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 839 |
| Sponsors | J. Nemes, E. Callaway, M. Proctor, N. Tate |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of Chapter 311 to define terms; establish conditions and processes for pause in procedure for an organ donation; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to implement and enforce the pause in procedure requirements; establish that the provisions should not be construed to conflict with KRS 446.400, discourage ethical organ donation, interfere with independent end-of-life decision making, conflict with the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, or authorize the Commonwealth to affect the federal certification, designation, or service area of an organ procurement organization; require the cabinet to submit report on pause in procedures to the Legislative Research Commission. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Hospitals And Health Facilities - Organ donation, pause in procedure, establishment Nurses - Organ donation, pause in procedure, establishment Physicians - Organ donation, pause in procedure, establishment Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, organ donation, pause in procedure Safety - Organ donation, pause in procedure, establishment State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, organ donation, pause in procedure, establishment Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, organ donation, pause in procedure Deaths - Organ donation, pause in procedure, establishment Health And Medical Services - Organ donation, pause in procedure, establishment Health Care Professionals - Organ donation, pause in procedure, establishment |
| 01/28/26 |
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| 02/04/26 |
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Last updated: 2/17/2026 6:57 PM (EST)