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NY S08296
Bill
Status
5/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Monica Martinez
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AI Summary
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Requires county coroners and medical examiners to develop a referral protocol for promptly identifying potential anatomical gift donors for deaths occurring outside hospitals that fall under their jurisdiction
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Mandates that the protocol include prompt calls and/or texts to designated representatives of appropriate eye and tissue banks to verify donor registry status and determine donor suitability
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Requires coroners and medical examiners to notify appropriate procurement organizations before determining if a decedent is a registered organ/tissue donor
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Specifies that when a decedent is a confirmed donor, autopsies and analysis of eyes, tissues, or organs must be performed in a manner and timeframe compatible with preserving donations for transplantation
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Takes effect immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Provides for eye and tissue donation; requires coroners to develop a protocol for making referrals of deaths that fall under their jurisdiction and occur outside of a hospital including calling the federally designated organ procurement organization for donor registry verification and a donor suitability determination.
Last Action
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO HEALTH
3/10/2026