| 1 | 1 | | 1 of 1 |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3822 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2333 |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | Carlos González and Judith A. Garcia |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | An Act to establish the Massachusetts incarcerated individual bone marrow and organ donation |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | program. |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carlos González10th Hampden1/19/2023Judith A. Garcia11th Suffolk1/20/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/20/2023Russell E. Holmes6th Suffolk1/25/2023 1 of 2 |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3822 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2333 |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | By Representatives González of Springfield and Garcia of Chelsea, a petition (accompanied by |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | bill, House, No. 2333) of Carlos González, Judith A. Garcia and others for legislation to establish |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | an incarcerated individual bone marrow and organ donation program within the Department of |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | Correction. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | An Act to establish the Massachusetts incarcerated individual bone marrow and organ donation |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | program. |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 127 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | 2following text after the word “petition”:- |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | 3 Section 170. (a) The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall establish a |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | 4Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Program within the Department of Correction and a Bone |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | 5Marrow and Organ Donation Committee. The Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Program shall |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | 6allow eligible incarcerated individuals to gain not less than 60 and not more than 365 day |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | 7reduction in the length of their committed sentence in Department of Corrections facilities, or |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | 8House of Correction facilities if they are serving a Department of Correction sentence in a House |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | 9of Corrections facility, on the condition that the incarcerated individual has donated bone |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | 10marrow or organ(s). 2 of 2 |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | 11 (b) The Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Committee shall consist of five members: The |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | 12Commissioner of the Department of Correction or their designee who will act as chair of the |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | 13committee; the Medical Director of the Department of Corrections or their designee; a Bone |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | 14Marrow and Organ Donation Specialist from a hospital within the Commonwealth or their |
|---|
| 46 | 46 | | 15designee; a representative of an organization advocating for bone marrow donations within the |
|---|
| 47 | 47 | | 16Commonwealth or their designee; and two appointments shall be made by the Governor to serve |
|---|
| 48 | 48 | | 17three-year terms and one of whom shall be a board member of an advocacy group advocating for |
|---|
| 49 | 49 | | 18the rights of incarcerated individuals, and one of whom shall be from the Massachusetts District |
|---|
| 50 | 50 | | 19Attorney’s Association. The Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Committee shall be responsible |
|---|
| 51 | 51 | | 20for the effective implementation and ongoing administration of the incarcerated individual Bone |
|---|
| 52 | 52 | | 21Marrow and Organ Donation program. The Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Committee shall |
|---|
| 53 | 53 | | 22also be responsible for promulgating standards of eligibility for incarcerated individuals to |
|---|
| 54 | 54 | | 23participate and the amount of bone marrow and organ(s) donated to earn one’s sentence to be |
|---|
| 55 | 55 | | 24commuted. Annual reports including actual amounts of bone marrow and organ(s) donated, and |
|---|
| 56 | 56 | | 25the estimated life-savings associated with said donations, are to be filed with the Executive and |
|---|
| 57 | 57 | | 26Legislative branches of the Commonwealth. All costs associated with the Bone Marrow and |
|---|
| 58 | 58 | | 27Organ Donation Program will be done by the benefiting institutions of the program and their |
|---|
| 59 | 59 | | 28affiliates-not by the Department of Correction. There shall be no commissions or monetary |
|---|
| 60 | 60 | | 29payments to be made to the Department of Correction for bone marrow donated by incarcerated |
|---|
| 61 | 61 | | 30individuals. |
|---|