HI HB2340

Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes § 327-11(a) to limit anatomical gifts to named hospitals, medical/dental schools, universities, procurement organizations, named individuals as transplant recipients, eye banks, and tissue banks for research or education purposes.

Amends § 327-36 to require persons or procurement organizations holding dead bodies from anatomical gifts to be responsible for final disposition by cremation (unless otherwise directed in a document of gift and subject to disposition permits) once the body is no longer needed for transplantation, therapy, research, or education.

Amends § 711-1108 to define abuse of a corpse as: (1) treating a human corpse in a way that outrages ordinary family sensibilities, or (2) accepting donation of a dead human body without authorization; and makes it an offense to dispose of a dead human body without a disposition permit, with exceptions for procurement organizations removing parts for transplantation prior to obtaining a permit.

Adds definitions and clarifications regarding procurement organizations' responsibilities and exempts traditional Hawaiian cultural customs and practices for body preparation, burial, and cremation from abuse of a corpse violations.

Takes effect January 1, 2021.