BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center S.B. 1500
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Currently, the Texas organ donation registry program is titled the "Donation, Education, Awareness, and Registry Program" (DEAR Program).
S.B. 1500 renames the registry as the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry, in memory of Representative Glenda Dawson, and enables it to become an affiliate of the national Donate Life America Alliance and Campaign.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 49, Health and Safety Code, by adding Section 49.0011, as follows:
Sec. 49.0011. GLENDA DAWSON DONATE LIFE-TEXAS REGISTRY; PROMOTION OF REGISTRY. (a) Requires any program or program component that the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) develops under this chapter to be known as the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry.
(b) Requires DSHS to affiliate with any entity, including a national or state association concerned with organ donation, to promote the registry in accordance with this section.
SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2007.