HB 583-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2021 SESSION

21-0692

11/06

 

HOUSE BILL 583-FN

 

AN ACT relative to kidney donation designation on drivers' licenses.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cambrils, Merr. 9; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Nunez, Hills. 37; Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Cross, Merr. 3; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows for applicants of drivers' licenses and nondrivers' picture identification cards who are organ donors to indicate on such licenses or cards their intent to have their kidneys donated to New Hampshire residents on the kidney waiting list prior to out-of-state residents.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21-0692

11/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to kidney donation designation on drivers' licenses.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Donor Registry for Anatomical Gifts.  Amend RSA 263:41 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

II-a.  The director shall cause a suitable decal or symbol to be affixed to the license or nondriver's picture identification card of a person who has registered with the division of motor vehicles as an organ and tissue donor under the provisions of this section and who intends that his or her kidneys be donated to New Hampshire residents on the kidney waiting list over out-of-state residents.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBA

21-0692

1/12/21

 

HB 583-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to kidney donation designation on drivers' licenses.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

$0

$64,000

$0

$0

Funding Source:

  [    ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [ X ] Other - Restricted - Cost of Collections/Administration*

*Pursuant to Part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire constitution, any costs associated with the collection and administration of Highway Funds by the Department of Safety shall be deducted by the Department before such funds are credited to the Highway Fund as unrestricted revenue.

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill allows for applicants of drivers’ and non-drivers’ identification cards, who are organ donors, to designate their intent to have their kidneys donated to a New Hampshire resident, prior to out-of-state residents.  The Department of Safety estimates one-time state expenditures of approximately $64,000, likely to be incurred in FY 2022, relative to updating the VISION software system ($20,000) and making necessary changes to the identification card system ($44,000).

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Safety