2023 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 98
BY SENATOR CARTER AND REPRESENTATIVES ADAMS, BOYD, ROBBY
CARTER, WILFORD CARTER, CORMIER, COX, EDMONSTON,
FIRMENT, FISHER, FREIBERG, GADBERRY, GAROFALO,
GLOVER, GREEN, HORTON, JENKINS, JORDAN, LAFLEUR,
LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARINO, MIGUEZ, MOORE, NEWELL,
ROBERT OWEN, PIERRE, SELDERS AND WRIGHT
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 32:410(G), relative to donation of bone marrow; to provide for interest in bone
3 marrow donation during application or renewal of a Louisiana state-issued driver's
4 license; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:410(G) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง410. Form of license; photograph, signature of licensee, anatomical gift statement,
8 declaration of life-sustaining procedures, interest in bone marrow
9 donation, and additional information on license
10 * * *
11 G. Any person between the ages of eighteen and forty years old applying
12 for or renewing their driver's license may indicate their intention to be a bone
13 marrow donor on the application for the driver's license, or on any other
14 document provided by the department during the application or renewal
15 process. The person shall give written consent for their personal identifying
16 information and contact information to be shared with the National Marrow
17 Donor Program. The department shall provide the personal identifying
18 information and contact information of any person who has given written
19 consent to share their information to the National Marrow Donor Program, for
20 that program to contact the person to obtain their genetic information. The
21 genetic information shall be stored in a secure national database accessible to
22 cancer doctors to find a match for their patients. The department shall
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1 promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement this Paragraph.
2 Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2024.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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