West Virginia House Bill 4304 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 8 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-04-08 - Chapter 191, Acts, 2008

This bill repeals the current Anatomical Gift Act and replaces it with a Revised Act based on the Uniform Laws Commission's 2006 revision. The Revised Act makes it easier to make a document of gift, particularly with regard to organ donor notations on drivers' licenses and ID cards; authorizes additional persons, such as a medical power of attorney or health care surrogate, to make anatomical gifts on behalf of an incapacitated person before death actually occurs; expands the list of those who may make an anatomical gift after an individual dies without a document of gift; establishes presumptions for distribution for body parts where the anatomical gift that does not specify to whom the gift passes; accommodates the use of donor registries; clearly provides for a document of refusal if an individual does not want organs donated; establishes criminal penalties for misrepresentation of a document of gift for the purposes of selling organs or tissue; and resolves ambiguity and conflict between anatomical gifts and "Do Not Resuscitate" instructions.

Revised Anatomical Gift Act

Sen. Craig Blair [R]

Del. Nancy Peoples Guthrie [D]

Del. John Pino [D]

Del. Ron Walters [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-04-08		Chapter 191, Acts, 2008
2008-03-27		Approved by Governor 3/27/08
2008-03-16		Approved by Governor 3/27/08 - House Journal
2008-03-16		Approved by Governor 3/27/08 - Senate Journal
2008-03-16		To Governor 3/18/08 - Senate Journal
2008-03-16		To Governor 3/18/08 - House Journal
2008-03-18		To Governor 3/18/08
2008-03-06		House received Senate message
2008-03-06		Completed legislative action
2008-03-06		Communicated to House
2008-03-06		Passed Senate (Roll No. 16)
2008-03-06		Read 3rd time
2008-03-06		On 3rd reading
2008-03-05		Read 2nd time
2008-03-05		On 2nd reading
2008-03-04		Read 1st time
2008-03-04		On 1st reading
2008-03-03		Reported do pass
2008-02-28		To Judiciary
2008-02-28		To Judiciary
2008-02-28		Introduced in Senate
2008-02-27		Communicated to Senate
2008-02-27		Passed House (Roll No. 221)
2008-02-27		Read 3rd time
2008-02-27		Amendment rejected (Roll No. 220)
2008-02-27		On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
2008-02-26		Laid over on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/27/08
2008-02-26		On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
2008-02-25		Read 2nd time
2008-02-25		Placed at foot of bills
2008-02-25		On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
2008-02-24		Read 1st time
2008-02-24		From House Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
2008-02-22		By substitute, do pass
2008-02-14		To House Judiciary
2008-02-14		With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary
2008-01-28		To House Health and Human Resources
2008-01-28		Introduced in House
2008-01-28		To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2008-01-28		Filed for introduction

SB341 (Same As) 2008-01-24 - To Health and Human Resources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4304&year=2008&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill