CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2846Introduced by Assembly Member GipsonFebruary 16, 2018 An act relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2846, as introduced, Gipson. Organ transplantation: minority communities and low-income communities.Existing law, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, authorizes the making of a donation of all or part of a human body or a pacemaker to take effect upon or after death, as specified. Existing law also requires each general acute care hospital to develop a protocol for identifying potential organ and tissue donors, as specified.Existing law required the former State Department of Health Services to consult with the Legislature on or before December 31, 1991, to evaluate and make recommendations to improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California and authorize the department to utilize various specified sources.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact provisions that would improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact provisions that would improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2846Introduced by Assembly Member GipsonFebruary 16, 2018 An act relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2846, as introduced, Gipson. Organ transplantation: minority communities and low-income communities.Existing law, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, authorizes the making of a donation of all or part of a human body or a pacemaker to take effect upon or after death, as specified. Existing law also requires each general acute care hospital to develop a protocol for identifying potential organ and tissue donors, as specified.Existing law required the former State Department of Health Services to consult with the Legislature on or before December 31, 1991, to evaluate and make recommendations to improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California and authorize the department to utilize various specified sources.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact provisions that would improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2846
Introduced by Assembly Member GipsonFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson
February 16, 2018
An act relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2846, as introduced, Gipson. Organ transplantation: minority communities and low-income communities.
Existing law, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, authorizes the making of a donation of all or part of a human body or a pacemaker to take effect upon or after death, as specified. Existing law also requires each general acute care hospital to develop a protocol for identifying potential organ and tissue donors, as specified.Existing law required the former State Department of Health Services to consult with the Legislature on or before December 31, 1991, to evaluate and make recommendations to improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California and authorize the department to utilize various specified sources.This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact provisions that would improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California.
Existing law, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, authorizes the making of a donation of all or part of a human body or a pacemaker to take effect upon or after death, as specified. Existing law also requires each general acute care hospital to develop a protocol for identifying potential organ and tissue donors, as specified.
Existing law required the former State Department of Health Services to consult with the Legislature on or before December 31, 1991, to evaluate and make recommendations to improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California and authorize the department to utilize various specified sources.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact provisions that would improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact provisions that would improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact provisions that would improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact provisions that would improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact provisions that would improve the effectiveness of organ transplantation for the general public and in minority communities and low-income communities in California.
### SECTION 1.