Pennsylvania Act 2015-79 — PROBATE, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES CODE - USE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD TO INDICATE ORGAN OR TISSUE DONATION

Act text

Session of 2015

No. 2015-79

SB 398

AN ACT

Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in express anatomical gifts, further providing for use of driver's license or identification card to indicate organ or tissue donation.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 8619(a) of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 8619. Use of driver's license or identification card to indicate organ or tissue donation.

(a) General rule.--[Beginning as soon as practicable, but no later than January 1, 1995, or one year following the effective date of this section, whichever is later, the] The Department of Transportation shall redesign the driver's license and identification card application system to process requests for information regarding consent of the individual to organ or tissue donation. The following question shall be asked[:] on both the application for a driver's license or identification card and on the organ donor designation at a photo center:

Pennsylvania strongly supports organ and tissue donation because of its life-saving and life-enhancing opportunities.

Do you wish to have the organ donor designation printed on your driver's license?

Only an affirmative response of an individual shall be noted on the front of the driver's license or identification card and shall clearly indicate the individual's intent to donate his organs or tissue. A notation on an individual's driver's license or identification card that he intends to donate his organs or tissue is deemed sufficient to satisfy all requirements for consent to organ or tissue donation.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 17th day of December, A.D. 2015.

TOM WOLF