Organ Donation Amendments

Requires the Division of Wildlife Resources to display organ donation registration options and registry links on its website.

Requires the State Tax Commission to include organ donation registration information and registry links in income tax instruction booklets and on its website.

Mandates that health care facilities provide organ donation registry information to patients before discharge, specifically during the patient intake process.

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a coalition of life-saving programs and create a comprehensive plan for communicating these programs through state-owned websites and publications.

Sets the effective date of the bill to May 6, 2026.

Changed the timing for providing organ donation information at health care facilities from 'prior to discharge' to include 'during intake'.

Added a new requirement for health care facilities to actively ask patients if they are donors or wish to become donors during the intake process.

Added a formal definition for 'intake' to describe the data collection process at health care facilities.

Healthcare facilities must now ask patients if they are donors and provide registry access information before discharge.

The Division of Wildlife Resources is required to provide organ donor registration options and links on its website.

The State Tax Commission must include donor registration information in tax instruction booklets and on its website.

The Department of Health and Human Services must convene a coalition of life-saving programs and create a comprehensive plan for communicating them through state channels.

A new definition of 'life-saving program' was added to clarify which initiatives must be included in the state coalition.

The Senate sponsor name was updated from 'LONG TITLE' to 'Calvin R. Musselman'.