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DE HCR77
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/26/2018
Primary Sponsor
Peter Schwartzkopf
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AI Summary
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Designates April 2018 as "National Donate Life Month" in Delaware to encourage organ, eye, and tissue donation registration.
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Honors donors, donor families, and living donors while recognizing medical professionals and researchers who support transplantation.
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Notes that approximately 115,000 people nationwide await organ transplants, with nearly 500 Delawareans on the waiting list, and 20 people die daily due to organ shortage.
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States one organ donor can save and heal more than 75 people's lives, and 51.6 percent of Delawareans have registered as donors.
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Encourages Delawareans to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors through donors1.org or the Division of Motor Vehicles.
Legislative Description
Recognizing The Month Of April 2018 As "national Donate Life Month" In Delaware.
Last Action
Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
4/26/2018