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ID HCR043
Concurrent Resolution
Status
Engrossed
3/1/2018
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
- Legislature recognizes 114,896 people need lifesaving organ transplants nationally, with 74,716 on active waiting lists and over 850 in Idaho.
- One organ donor can save up to eight lives, and 20 people die each day waiting for transplants while someone is added to the national list every 10 minutes.
- Adolescent donors (ages 11-17) have significantly declined from 706 donors in 1995 to 410 in 2013, despite their ability to donate to wide age ranges.
- Legislature supports increased awareness and education for adolescent and adult organ transplants and encourages people of all ages to become organ donors.
- Legislature recognizes organ donation as a selfless gift and organ transplantation as one of the greatest success stories in modern medicine.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and recognizing the importance of organ donation to public health and to support and encourage organ donation awareness.
ORGAN DONATION
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State at 10:50 a.m. on March 16, 2018
3/21/2018
Committee Referrals
Health and Welfare3/2/2018
State Affairs2/13/2018
Full Bill Text
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