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IN HB1504

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/20/2011

Primary Sponsor

Ronald Bacon

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Anatomical gifts may only be recovered after a physician has declared the prospective donor dead in accordance with accepted medical standards
  • A physician's declaration that a prospective donor is brain dead satisfies the requirement for death determination
  • The Indiana State Department of Health must adopt rules establishing criteria for determining when a prospective anatomical gift donor is dead, including criteria for brain death
  • Before adopting these rules, the State Department of Health must review evidence-based guidelines from medical organizations, including information from statewide medical associations representing Indiana physicians
  • Effective date: July 1, 2011

Legislative Description

Determination of death.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

1/20/2011

Full Bill Text

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