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House passes income-tax checkoff to fund children—s organ transplant trust
Summary
The Utah House approved Substitute House Bill 13 to create an income-tax checkoff establishing a Children—s Organ Donor Trust Account to cover upfront transplant expenses, with an appointed oversight committee and a six-month residency requirement; it passed 58-13 and will go to the Senate.
The Utah House on the floor approved Substitute House Bill 13, a measure creating a new income-tax checkoff to seed a Children—s Organ Donor Trust Account that would pay upfront costs for pediatric organ transplants.
Sponsor Representative Kurt E. Oskerson said the bill establishes a six-member committee to oversee the trust and restricts funds to transplant-related expenses. "All we are doing with House Bill 13, we are creating another…
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