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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 703
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3146
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 1
any person who is sixteen years of age to have the legal capacity to 2
donate blood or any component thereof and to consent to the 3
withdrawal of blood from his or her body in conjunction with any 4
voluntary blood donation program. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To allow any person who is sixteen years of age or older to donate
blood.