Bill Text: FL S0516 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Procurement Activities of For-profit Eye Banks

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2022-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice [S0516 Detail]

Download: Florida-2022-S0516-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 516
       
       
        
       By Senator Rouson
       
       
       
       
       
       19-00809-22                                            2022516__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to procurement activities of for
    3         profit eye banks; amending ss. 765.542 and 873.01,
    4         F.S.; prohibiting for-profit eye banks from procuring
    5         certain human organs and tissue for specified
    6         purposes; providing exceptions; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Present subsection (4) of section 765.542,
   12  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5), and a new
   13  subsection (4) is added to that section, to read:
   14         765.542 Requirements to engage in organ, tissue, or eye
   15  procurement.—
   16         (4) A for-profit eye bank may not directly or indirectly
   17  engage in the procurement of any eye, cornea, eye tissue, or
   18  corneal tissue for use in live-cell corneal transplantation.
   19  This subsection does not apply to a hospital or an ambulatory
   20  surgical center licensed under chapter 395 or to a district
   21  medical examiner appointed under chapter 406.
   22         Section 2. Present subsections (3) and (4) of section
   23  873.01, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4)
   24  and (5), respectively, a new subsection (3) is added to that
   25  section, and subsections (1) and (2) of that section are
   26  amended, to read:
   27         873.01 Purchase or sale of human organs and tissue
   28  prohibited.—
   29         (1) A No person may not shall knowingly offer to purchase
   30  or sell, or purchase, sell, or otherwise transfer, any human
   31  organ or tissue for valuable consideration.
   32         (2) A No for-profit corporation or any employee thereof may
   33  not shall transfer or arrange for the transfer of any human body
   34  part for valuable consideration.
   35         (3) A for-profit eye bank, as defined in s. 765.511, may
   36  not directly or indirectly engage in the procurement, as defined
   37  in s. 765.511, of any eye, cornea, eye tissue, or corneal tissue
   38  for use in live-cell corneal transplantation. This subsection
   39  does not apply to a hospital or an ambulatory surgical center
   40  licensed under chapter 395 or to a district medical examiner
   41  appointed under chapter 406.
   42         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.