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MS SC634
Concurrent Resolution
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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