LCO No. 1416 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5547 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1416 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: REP. RITTER M., 1 st Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING PHYSICIANS TO EDUCATE THEIR PATIENTS REGARDING THE NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require physicians licensed 1 under chapter 370 of the general statutes to educate their patients 2 regarding the existence of the National Marrow Donor Program. 3 Statement of Purpose: To increase the pool of registered bone marrow donors.