Bill Text: TX SR414 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 23, 2015, as Donate Life Texas Day.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Reported enrolled [SR414 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR414-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Through medical expertise and advances in organ | ||
| and tissue transplants, more lives are being saved, improved, and | ||
| prolonged than ever before; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Such transplants are made possible by organ | ||
| donations from deceased and living persons, a noble act that | ||
| gives multitudes of recipients a second chance at life; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas registry, | ||
| created by the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives in | ||
| 2005, provides a method for willing donors to record legal consent | ||
| for organ, eye, and tissue donation, thereby lifting the | ||
| decision-making burden from families at the time of a loved one's | ||
| death; and | ||
| WHEREAS, More than seven million Texans have joined the | ||
| registry to date, thanks in part to partnerships forged with the | ||
| Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of | ||
| Transportation that enable citizens to sign up during the | ||
| driver's license, ID, and vehicle registration processes; | ||
| gratitude for this endeavor is also owed to the tireless public | ||
| education efforts of the donation community and their passionate | ||
| volunteers in Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While the Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas | ||
| registry is a notable step, more work remains to be done to ensure | ||
| that the wishes of every potential donor are carried out; the | ||
| wait for a lifesaving organ transplant continues for more than | ||
| 123,000 people nationwide, 21 of whom are expected to die before | ||
| this day is over; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Individuals representing the Texas Transplantation | ||
| Society and the Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas registry are united | ||
| in their mission to educate Texans about the critical and rising | ||
| need for donors, the transformative impact of donation, and the | ||
| simple steps that can be taken to register; in 2014, 739 people | ||
| became organ donors in Texas, resulting in successful transplant | ||
| operations for 2,600 patients; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The choice of registering as an organ donor is one | ||
| that can provide hope beyond measure to men, women, and children in | ||
| need, and those who have committed to the goal of promoting and | ||
| facilitating donations truly merit special commendation; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize March 23, 2015, as Donate Life | ||
| Texas Day at the State Capitol, pay tribute to transplant donors | ||
| and their families, and encourage all Texans to consider giving | ||
| the gift of life through organ donation. | ||
| Zaffirini | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 23, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
