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Committee hears expansion of donor‑registry prompt in state agency transactions; authors and Donate Life attendees urge voluntary sign-ups
Summary
Senate Bill 291 would require state agencies to offer voluntary donor‑registry enrollment during routine transactions and onboarding; sponsors and Donate Life/Indiana Donor Network testified about registration gaps and logistics, and the bill was held for further drafting and agency consultation.
Senator Doriot presented Senate Bill 291, which would direct state agencies to ask individuals during certain public transactions whether they wish to register as organ and tissue donors and to offer registry enrollment during employee onboarding and benefits enrollment. "SB 291 is a simple, cost effective measure that will increase the number of registered donors in Indiana," Lindsay Johnson of the Indiana Donor Network told the committee, describing the organization’s existing imports from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Natural Resources and certain licensing agencies.
Testimony highlighted both numbers and logistics. Johnson said…
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