Bill Text: CT HB06281 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Organ And Tissue Donation Awareness.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-13 - File Number 578 [HB06281 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06281-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2015 |
LCO No. 5569 | ||
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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Introduced by: |
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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 July 1, 2015) (a) There is established an organ and tissue donation awareness account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Any moneys collected by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles 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 into the account. The account may also include moneys received from public and private sources, including the federal government.
(b) All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the Department of Public Health or persons acting under a contract with the department to: (1) Reimburse the Department of Motor Vehicles for costs incurred to include notice on applications for motor vehicle registration and renewal applications for motor vehicle registration of the option to submit a donation to the fund and to collect such donations from applicants, provided the amount for such costs incurred shall not exceed ten thousand dollars and such reimbursement shall occur not later than July 1, 2016; and (2) 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 that include, but are 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 costs incurred 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 19a-6m of the general statutes, 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. 2. Subsection (b) of section 14-12 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
(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 1 of this act, and allow for payment of such donation.
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 14-22 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
(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 1 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 |
July 1, 2015 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2015 |
14-12(b) |
Sec. 3 |
October 1, 2015 |
14-22(a) |
Statement of Purpose:
To increase awareness of organ and tissue donation.
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