General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6331
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2665
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6331
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2665
*02665_______KID*
Referred to Committee on CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT CONCERNING SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BLOOD DONORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-285a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(a) Any person who is seventeen years of age or older shall have the legal capacity, without written authorization of his or her parent or guardian, to donate blood or any component thereof and to consent to the withdrawal of blood from his or her body, in conjunction with any voluntary blood donation program.
(b) Any person who is sixteen years of age may donate blood or any component thereof and have blood withdrawn from his or her body, in conjunction with any voluntary blood donation program, with the written authorization of his or her parent or guardian, provided he or she does not receive monetary compensation therefor.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 19a-285a
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2013
19a-285a
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the amount of available blood in the state by amending section 19a-285a of the general statutes to allow sixteen-year olds to donate blood at volunteer blood donation programs provided such sixteen-year olds produce written authorization from their parent or guardian prior to donation.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]