HLS 18RS-673 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 577
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
VITAL STATISTICS: Provides relative to disclosure of certain vital records to organ
procurement organizations
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:41(L), relative to vital records disclosure; to provide for the disclosure of
3 certain vital records to organ procurement organizations; to provide for the duties of
4 the state registrar in disclosure of records; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:41(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง41. Disclosure of records
8 * * *
9 L. Upon written request, the state registrar shall issue a certified copy of a
10 death certificate to a representative of an organ procurement organization designated
11 for the state of Louisiana by the United States Department of Health and Human
12 Services, which presents a document of a gift as defined in R.S. 17:2351. The written
13 request of the organ procurement organization, howsoever transmitted, together with
14 documentation of a donor's anatomical gift shall constitute sufficient proof for
15 release of the certificate.
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are additions. HLS 18RS-673 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 577
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 577 Original 2018 Regular Session Leger
Abstract: Provides for vital record disclosure to a representative of an organ procurement
organization.
Proposed law requires that the state registrar provide certain vital record disclosure to a
representative of an organ procurement organization designated for the state of Louisiana
by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, which presents
documentation of a donor's anatomical gift defined in present law (R.S. 17:2351).
(Adds R.S. 40:41(L))
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