Indiana House Bill 1271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Pending: House Public Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Prohibits a hospital from entering into an agreement or affiliation with a procurement organization that excludes other procurement organizations from the procurement and use of anatomical gifts. Prohibits a coroner from entering into a contract, exclusive agreement, or exclusive affiliation with a procurement organization. Provides that a coroner is not subject to a contract, agreement, or affiliation that a procurement organization has entered into with a hospital. Requires the state department of health (department) to adopt rules establishing criteria for the determination of when a prospective anatomical gift donor is dead. Provides that an anatomical gift may be recovered only after a physician, in accordance with accepted medical standards, has declared the prospective donor to be dead. Provides that a physician's declaration that the prospective donor is brain dead satisfies this requirement. Requires a procurement organization to file an audited financial statement with the department for the preceding calendar year.

Anatomical gift agencies.

Rep. Ronald Bacon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2013-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Bacon

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2013&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1271
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2013/IN/IN1271.1.html