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MS SC634

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

3/23/2017

Primary Sponsor

Josh Harkins

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates Friday, April 21, 2017, as "Donate Life Day in Mississippi" and encourages citizens to wear blue and green to promote organ, eye, and tissue transplantation
  • Recognizes National Donate Life Month, instituted by Donate Life America in 2003, which is celebrated each April to encourage Americans to register as organ, eye, and tissue donors
  • Highlights National Blue & Green Day 2017 as an opportunity for the public to hold events, fundraisers, and partner with local organizations to promote donor registration
  • Uses the pinwheel as the 2017 symbol, representing how one person has the power to be an organ, eye, tissue, or living donor through four sails supported by one stem
  • Directs that the resolution be presented to the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency and forwarded to the State Board of Health for public dissemination

Legislative Description

Designate April 21, 2017, as "Donate Life Day in Mississippi" to promote organ, eye and tissue transplantation.

Last Action

Enrolled Bill Signed

3/23/2017

Committee Referrals

Rules3/9/2017

Full Bill Text

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