Hospitals and Tissue Banks - Autologous and Directed Blood Donations - Requirements

HB 1456 requires hospitals and tissue banks to follow a physician’s order when facilitating autologous (patient donating for themselves) or directed (donation from a person identified by the patient) blood donations. It allows tissue banks to charge a reasonable fee covering administrative costs for these services. The bill also mandates that hospitals must permit such donations when they facilitate blood donations for a patient’s medical procedure. This directly affects hospitals, tissue banks, and patients needing blood donations for medical treatments.