Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00320 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 320
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2877
 *02877*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist. (By Request)

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 320 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2877

*02877*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 

Introduced by:

SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.

(By Request)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DONATION OF BLOOD BY MINORS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 19a-285a of the general statutes be amended to allow any person who is sixteen or seventeen years of age to have the legal capacity to donate blood in conjunction with any voluntary blood donation program.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow persons sixteen years of age and older to donate blood.