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House passes bill allowing voluntary organ-donation signups for inmates
Summary
The Utah House unanimously approved HB 26, the Inmate Medical Donation Act, clarifying that inmates may voluntarily indicate organ-donation preferences and that the Department of Corrections is not the inmate guardian under the anatomical-gift act. Sponsor stressed voluntariness and cited waiting-list figures.
The Utah House on Jan. 30 passed House Bill 26, the Inmate Medical Donation Act, which directs corrections staff to offer arriving inmates a form to indicate whether they want to be organ donors posthumously. Representative Eliason, sponsor of the bill, said the measure is voluntary and modeled on the existing…
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