BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 7, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Gordon, Chair
HR
44 (Atkins) - As Introduced March 29, 2016
SUBJECT: Organ donation
SUMMARY: Recognizes the month of April as National Donate Life
Month, and proclaims the month of April 2016 as Donate Life
California/DMV Month in the State of California. Specifically,
this resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1)The Legislature has established an official state organ and
tissue donor registry that has become the largest in the
world, with 13 million people signed up to save and heal the
lives of others after death.
2)The 10 year official partnership between Donate Life
California and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has
resulted in 95 percent of the donors on the registry being
added by the DMV with a simple check off box.
3)California has the greatest need for transplantation in the
nation with 22,000 residents waiting for a second chance at
life, representing one in five on the national waiting list.
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4)In 2015, 918 Californians became organ donors and 3,417
life-saving transplants were performed in our state.
Tragically, 929 people died while waiting due to the shortage
of available organs.
5)The Assembly encourages all Californians to register with the
Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry by
checking "YES!" for organ and tissue donation when applying
for or renewing a driver's license or identification card, or
by signing up at www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or
www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org .
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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