Bill Text: IN HB1504 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Determination of death.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health [HB1504 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-HB1504-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1504

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 29-2-16.1-22.

Synopsis: Determination of death. 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 the state department of health to adopt rules establishing criteria for the determination of when a prospective anatomical gift donor is dead

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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Bacon

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    January 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1504

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning probate.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 29-2-16.1-22; (11)IN1504.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 29-2-16.1-22 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 22. (a) An anatomical gift may be recovered only after a physician, in accordance with accepted medical standards, has declared the prospective donor to be dead. This subsection is satisfied by a declaration by a physician, in accordance with accepted medical standards, that the prospective donor is brain dead.
    (b) The state department of health shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 establishing criteria for the determination of when an individual is dead, including by brain death, for the purposes of this chapter.
    (c) Before adopting rules under this section, the state department of health shall review evidence based guidelines prepared by medical organizations, including information from any statewide medical association that represents Indiana physicians.