Bill Text: CT HB05333 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Organ And Tissue Donation Awareness.
Spectrum:
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-09 - House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 4057 [HB05333 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2012-HB05333-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2012 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION AWARENESS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2012) (a) There is established an advisory council on organ and tissue donation education and awareness. The advisory council shall consist of the following members: The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or the commissioner's designee; the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee; the executive director of Donate Life Connecticut, or the executive director's designee; a representative of each of the organizations in the state that are members of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations; a health care professional representing each transplant center located in the state that is a member of the federal Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; the chief executive officer of the Connecticut Hospital Association, or the chief executive officer's designee; five persons experienced in issues involving organ and tissue donation or transplants, one of whom shall be a recipient of a donated organ or tissue, one of whom shall be a living donor, and one of whom shall be a family member of a deceased donor. One each of such persons experienced in issues involving organ and tissue donation or transplants shall be appointed by the Governor, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives and the minority leader of the Senate.
(b) Council members shall serve for a term of three years and no member shall serve more than two consecutive terms. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. The Governor shall appoint the chairperson from among the members of the council. The council shall have its first meeting not later than December 1, 2012, and shall meet not less than four times per year and as requested by the chairperson or upon the request of a majority of the members of the council. Council members shall serve without compensation.
(c) The council shall: (1) Analyze education on organ tissue donation in the state; (2) determine the rate of organ and tissue donation registration in the state and establish periodic goals for increasing such rate; and (3) advise the Commissioners of Public Health and Motor Vehicles on methods to increase organ and tissue donation rates in the state. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall, on a quarterly basis, provide the council with data concerning registered organ donors.
(d) Not later than July 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the council shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and transportation concerning organ and tissue donation awareness in the state. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, actions taken by the council to increase organ and tissue donations and recommendations to increase organ and tissue donation rates in the state.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) There is established an organ and tissue donation awareness account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Any moneys collected for donations to the organ and tissue awareness account pursuant to subsection (b) of section 14-12 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and subsection (a) of section 14-22 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles into the account. The account may also include moneys received from public and private sources, including the federal government. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the Department of Public Health or persons acting under a contract with the department, as follows: (1) To reimburse the Department of Motor Vehicles for incurred costs to include notice on applications for motor vehicle registrations and renewal motor vehicle registrations of the option to submit a donation to the fund and to collect such donations from applicants, provided the amount shall not exceed ten thousand dollars and such reimbursement shall occur not later than July 1, 2013; and (2) to annually allocate (A) not less than sixty-five per cent of the funds in the account to a nonprofit organization that, as its sole mission, provides public education for persons in the state concerning organ and tissue donation and the state donor registry, maintained pursuant to section 14-42a of the general statutes for activities including, but not limited to, (i) developing organ and tissue donation awareness materials and providing such materials to members of the public, and (ii) holding organ and tissue donation awareness events; (B) not more than fifteen per cent of the funds in the account to the Department of Motor Vehicles for incurred costs to promote donations to the fund and collect such donations; and (C) not more than twenty per cent of the funds in the account to the advisory council, established pursuant to section 1 of this act, for the purpose of organ and tissue donor awareness programs, including, but not limited to, implementation of an organ and tissue donation awareness program in secondary schools and promotion of the organ and tissue awareness account.
Sec. 3. Subsection (b) of section 14-12 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):
(b) To obtain a motor vehicle registration, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the owner shall file in the office of the commissioner an application signed by him and containing such information and proof of ownership as the commissioner may require. The application shall be made on blanks furnished by the commissioner. The blanks shall be in such form and contain such provisions and information as the commissioner may determine. Such blanks shall include a notice to applicants of an option to make a donation of two dollars to the organ and tissue donation awareness account, established pursuant to section 2 of this act, and allow for payment of such donation.
Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 14-22 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):
(a) A motor vehicle registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire in accordance with schedules established by the commissioner. If the expiration date of the registration of the motor vehicle, except the registration of a motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire, falls on any day when offices of the commissioner are closed for business, the registration shall be deemed valid for the operation of the motor vehicle until midnight of the next day on which offices of the commissioner are open for business. The commissioner shall prescribe the date and manner of renewing registrations. Not less than forty-five days prior to the expiration of any valid registration, the department shall send or transmit, in such manner as the commissioner determines, an application for renewal to the registrant. Such application shall include a notice to applicants of an option to make a donation of two dollars to the organ and tissue donation awareness account, established pursuant to section 2 of this act, and allow for payment of such donation. In the case of a motor vehicle registered to a leasing company licensed pursuant to section 14-15, the department may send or transmit, in such manner as the commissioner determines, an application for renewal of a leased vehicle to the lessee of such vehicle. The commissioner shall not be required to send or transmit a registrant's or lessee's application by mail if the United States Postal Service has determined that mail is undeliverable to such person at the address for such person that is in the records of the department. Except for the processing of such application at an official emissions inspection station as provided in subsection (b) of this section or by telephone as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the commissioner may require that the application be returned electronically or by mail in order to be processed and approved, with only such exceptions, on a hardship basis, as shall be established by the commissioner in regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2012 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2012 |
New section |
Sec. 3 |
October 1, 2012 |
14-12(b) |
Sec. 4 |
October 1, 2012 |
14-22(a) |
PH |
Joint Favorable Subst. C/R |
APP |