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Senate adopts first substitute for SB15 to create $2 organ-donation contribution and online registry
Summary
Senate approved the first substitute to SB15 on Jan. 21, 2002, creating an organ-donation contribution fund with a $2 voluntary checkoff on driver's-license and vehicle-registration forms and authorizing an online donor registry; sponsor said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Utah $1,600,000 for registry start-up.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 21 adopted the first substitute for Senate Bill 15, establishing an organ-donation contribution fund and authorizing a statewide online donor registry and transplant-education program. Sponsor Senator Katrina Hale (as named in the transcript) said the substitute changes the statutory reference from an "account" to a "fund," raises the voluntary checkoff from $1 to $2 and…
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