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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to organ and tissue donation; amending 2
s. 765.514, F.S.; authorizing a minor under 18 years 3
of age to be an organ and tissue donor with informed 4
parental consent; requiring the Department of Highway 5
Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide certain education 6
on organ and tissue donation to a donor at a specified 7
time; amending s. 765.5155, F.S.; revising criteria 8
for the web-based donor registry and ana tomical gift 9
education program; providing an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 765.514, Florida 14
Statutes, is amended to read: 15
765.514 Manner of making anatomical gifts .— 16
(1) A person, or a minor under 18 years of age with 17
informed parental consent, may make an anatomical gift of all or 18
part of his or her body under s. 765.512(1) by: 19
(a) Signing an organ and tissue donor card. The department 20
shall, at the time of sig nature: 21
1. Provide education regarding organ and tissue donation 22
options and methods of making changes to the election. 23
2. Collect informed consent from the donor. 24
3. Provide organ and tissue donation options. 25
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4. Inform the donor that election serv es as a last will 26
and testament. 27
(b) Registering online with the donor registry. 28
(c) Signifying an intent to donate on his or her driver 29
license or identification card issued by the department. 30
Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of the 31
driver license or identification card does not invalidate the 32
gift. 33
(d) Expressing a wish to donate in a living will or other 34
advance directive. 35
(e) Executing a will that includes a provision indicating 36
that the testator wishes to make an anatomical g ift. The gift 37
becomes effective upon the death of the testator without waiting 38
for probate. If the will is not probated or if it is declared 39
invalid for testamentary purposes, the gift is nevertheless 40
valid to the extent that it has been acted upon in good faith. 41
(f) Expressing a wish to donate in a document other than a 42
will. The document must be signed by the donor in the presence 43
of two witnesses who shall sign the document in the donor's 44
presence. If the donor cannot sign, the document may be signed 45
for him or her at the donor's direction and in his or her 46
presence and the presence of two witnesses who must sign the 47
document in the donor's presence. Delivery of the document of 48
gift during the donor's lifetime is not necessary to make the 49
gift valid. The followi ng form of written document is sufficient 50
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for any person to make an anatomical gift for the purposes of 51
this part: 52
UNIFORM DONOR CARD 53
The undersigned hereby makes this anatomical gift, if medically 54
acceptable, to take effect on death. The words and marks b elow 55
indicate my desires: 56
I give: 57
(a) .... any needed organs, tissues, or eyes; 58
(b) .... only the following organs, tissues, or eyes 59
...[Specify the organs, tissues, or eyes]... 60
for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, medical research, 61
or education; 62
(c) .... my body for anatomical study if needed. 63
Limitations or special wishes, if any: 64
...(If applicable, list specific donee; 65
this must be arranged in advance with the donee.)... 66
Signed by the donor and the following witnesses in the presence 67
of each other: 68
...(Signature of donor)... ...(Date of birth of donor)... 69
...(Date signed)... ...(City and State)... 70
...(Witness)... ...(Witness)... 71
...(Address)... ...(Address)... 72
Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of 73
section 765.5155, Flori da Statutes, are amended to read: 74
765.5155 Donor registry; education program. — 75
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(3) The contractor shall be responsible for: 76
(a) The development, implementation, and maintenance of an 77
interactive web-based donor registry that, through electronic 78
means, allows for user-friendly online organ donor registration 79
and the recording, selection, and editing of organ and tissue 80
donation records submitted through the driver license 81
identification program or through other sources. 82
1. The registry must be mainta ined in a manner that 83
allows, through electronic and telephonic methods, immediate 84
access to organ and tissue donation records 24 hours a day, 7 85
days a week. 86
2. Access to the registry must be through coded and secure 87
means to protect the integrity of the data in the registry. 88
(b) A continuing program to educate and inform medical 89
professionals, law enforcement agencies and officers, other 90
state and local government employees, high school students, 91
minorities, and the public about the laws of this state relating 92
to anatomical gifts and the need for anatomical gifts. 93
1. Existing community resources, when available, must be 94
used to support the program and volunteers may assist the 95
program to the maximum extent possible. 96
2. The contractor shall coordinat e with the head of a 97
state agency or other political subdivision of the state, or his 98
or her designee, to establish convenient times, dates, and 99
locations for educating that entity's employees. 100
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Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 101