Bill Text: WV HB4595 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Identifying anatomical organ donors on drivers' or chauffers' license
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-29 - To House Technology and Infrastructure [HB4595 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HB4595-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4595
By Delegates Robinson, Hornbuckle, Byrd, Pushkin, Estep-Burton, Rowe, Fast and Skaff
[Introduced January 29, 2020; Referred to the Committee on Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization]
A BILL to amend and reenact §17B-1B-2 and §17B-1B-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to identification of anatomical organ donors on drivers’ or chauffers’ license.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 1B. DRIVERS’ OR CHAUFFEURS’ LICENSE IDENTIFICATION OF ANATOMICAL ORGAN DONORS.
§17B-1B-2. License application to contain space for donor.
The commission shall
provide space on every application for a driver’s or chauffeur’s license or
renewal thereof in which the applicant may indicate his or her desire to
have such a marking on his or her driver’s or chauffeur’s
license for organ donation. In addition, any person whose license has
not expired or who has already obtained a license may have such this
marking affixed by the commissioner upon request.
Beginning as soon as practicable, but no later than one year following the effective date of the amendment to this section, the commissioner shall redesign the driver’s license and identification card application system to process requests for information regarding consent of the individual to organ or tissue donation in an effort to increase awareness and public education regarding the division’s organ donation registry.
The following question shall be asked on the application for a driver’s license or identification card:
West Virginia strongly supports organ and tissue donation because of its lifesaving and life-enhancing opportunities. Do you wish to have the organ donor designation printed on your driver’s license?
Only an affirmative response of an individual shall be noted on the front of the driver’s license or identification card and shall clearly indicate the individual’s intent to donate organs or tissue. A notation on an individual’s driver’s license or identification card that the individual intends to donate organs or tissue is considered sufficient to satisfy all requirements for consent to organ or tissue donation.
§17B-1B-3. Commissioner to publish information and notify other states of program.
The commissioner shall
publish the existence of such the organ donor program along with
information regarding the procedures for having such marking affixed to a
license and shall notify his or her counterparts in each of the other
states as to the existence of the program and the significance of the marking.
The commissioner shall include an informational notice when the division mails a renewal notice to the holder of a license or identification card. The notice shall explain the existence of the division’s donation program, shall include information meant to raise awareness and public education for organ donation, and shall provide a means to register and unregister from the division’s organ donation registry.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to identify anatomical organ donors on drivers’ or chauffers’ license.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
