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Committee backs outreach and hospital prompts to boost organ‑donor registrations
Utah Senate Health and Human Services Standing Committee · February 18, 2026
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Summary
HB117 would add organ‑donor prompts on high‑traffic state websites and ask hospitals to offer information before discharge; committee favorably recommended the substitute unanimously after presentations from Rep. Owens and Donor Connect.
Representative Owens told the committee HB117 aims to close a gap between public willingness to donate and actual registrations by using state websites and hospital touchpoints to drive people to the state donor registry. "We have about 55% of the state signed up to be organ donors," he said, and described…
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