AB570: Bill Text

AB570,34,2 (e) 1. A physician who removes an organ from a decedent under this subsection shall complete a form, as specified in sub. (26m) (a).

AB570,34,5 2. A physician, technician, or tissue bank employee who removes tissue, other than cardiovascular tissue, from a decedent under this subsection shall complete a form, as specified in sub. (26m) (b).

AB570,34,8 3. After completing a form under this paragraph, the physician, technician, or tissue bank employee shall transmit the form to the coroner or medical examiner with jurisdiction over the decedent.

AB570,34,14 (24m) Authorization by coroner or medical examiner; tissue banks. (a) 1. If a decedent is within the custody of a coroner or medical examiner, and the death occurred in a hospital, any release of the decedent for potential donation of tissue shall be to the tissue bank with which the hospital has an agreement under sub. (14m) (a) 2. However, if such a tissue bank is unwilling to receive the tissue donation, the tissue bank shall so notify the coroner or medical examiner.

AB570,34,18 2. Upon receipt of a notification under subd. 1., the coroner or medical examiner may notify any other tissue bank with which the coroner or medical examiner has an agreement under par. (b) of the availability of the decedent as a potential tissue donor.

AB570,34,22 3. Upon receipt of a notification under subd. 2., the tissue bank so notified, if willing to receive the tissue donation, shall contact a reasonably available person, under the priority established in sub. (9), to request that the person make an anatomical gift of all or a part of the decedent's tissue.

AB570,34,25 4. If the coroner or medical examiner informs the hospital that subds. 2. and 3. apply and that consent has been given for an anatomical gift, the hospital shall transfer the decedent to the coroner or medical examiner.

AB570,35,5 (b) When a decedent is within the custody of a coroner or medical examiner, the death occurred outside a hospital or the decedent was transferred to the coroner or medical examiner under par. (a) 4., and the coroner or medical examiner refers the decedent as a potential tissue donor, any such referral shall be made under the following conditions:

AB570,35,12 1. Subject to subds. 2., 3., and 4., the coroner or medical examiner, after considering a tissue bank's history, services, traditional referral patterns, geographic service area, and tissue distribution record and any other criteria required for consideration by the corporation counsel of the applicable county, enters into a written, general referral agreement with one or more tissue banks to which the coroner or medical examiner shall refer decedents for potential donation of tissue.

AB570,35,14 2. Any agreement under subd. 1. is subject to review and approval by all of the the following:

AB570,35,15 a. The corporation counsel of the applicable county.

AB570,35,19 b. The county board of the applicable county. Within 60 days after any approval by the corporation counsel and transmittal of the agreement to the county board, the county board may approve or disapprove the agreement. If the county board takes no action, the agreement is approved.

AB570,35,22 3. A tissue bank under this paragraph is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks or audited at least once every 2 years by an organization that is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks.

AB570,35,25 4. All of the following applies to an agreement by a coroner or medical examiner with one or more tissue banks to which the coroner or medical examiner refers decedents for potential donation of tissue:

AB570,36,2 a. Any such agreement that is entered into after April 13, 2006, shall conform to the requirements of subds. 1. to 3.

AB570,36,5 b. Any such agreement that exists on April 13, 2006, shall conform to the requirements of subds. 1. to 3. by October 1, 2007, unless the agreement expires before that date and is not renegotiated or renewed under subd. 4. a.

AB570,36,15 (25m) Consent for or limitation on certain uses of bones or tissue; requirements. (a) A hospital, organ procurement organization, tissue bank, coroner, or medical examiner that provides a record of gift to a person who may make an anatomical gift under sub. (4) or (9) shall include in the record of gift the following sentences: "I understand that donated bones or tissues, including skin, may have numerous uses, including for reconstructive and cosmetic purposes, and that multiple organizations, including nonprofit and for-profit organizations, may recover, process, or distribute the donations. I further understand that I may, by this record, limit the use of the bones or tissues, including skin, that are donated or types of organizations that recover, process, or distribute the donation."

AB570,36,17 (b) The record of gift under par. (a) shall include, following the 2nd sentence required in par. (a), all of the following:

AB570,36,24 1. A line or space for the person who may make an anatomical gift to sign to acknowledge that he or she has read the sentences specified in par. (a) or that the sentences have been read aloud to him or her. Except in cases in which an anatomical gift is executed by means that do not require the person making the anatomical gift to sign a record of gift, failure of the person making the anatomical gift to sign in the line or space is a refusal to make or an objection to making an anatomical gift of bones or tissues.

AB570,37,3 2. A line or space for the person making the anatomical gift to sign and specify a limitation, if any, on the use of bones or tissues or on the types of organizations that recover, process, or distribute the donation.

AB570,37,12 (c) If a person makes anatomical gift in the manner provided in sub. (10) (a) 2. or 3., the individual receiving the oral communication shall read aloud to the person, the sentences required under par. (a). If the anatomical gift is made in the manner provided in sub. (10) (a) 3., the individual who reduces the anatomical gift to a record shall note on the record that the person making the anatomical gift has been read the sentences required under par. (a) and note any limitations that the person making the anatomical gift imposes on the use of any bones or tissues that are the subject of the anatomical gift or any limitations on the types of organizations that recover, process, or distribute such bones or tissues.

AB570,37,17 (d) If a person who may make an anatomical gift under sub. (4) or (9) makes an anatomical gift under this subsection, the hospital, organ procurement organization, tissue bank, coroner, or medical examiner that provides to the person a record of gift under par. (a) shall also provide the person with the telephone number and address of the agency or organization that recovers the anatomical gift.

AB570,37,20 (e) The requester under par. (a) shall provide the person who may make an anatomical gift under sub. (4) or (9) with a copy of any record of gift executed under the requirements of this subsection.

AB570,37,23 (26m) Forms for removal of organs and certain tissues; rules. The department of health and family services shall promulgate rules prescribing all of the following:

AB570,37,24 (a) A form for removal of organs for use under sub. (23m) (e) 1. and 3.

AB570,38,2 (b) A form for removal of tissue, other than cardiovascular tissue, for use under sub. (23m) (e) 2. and 3.

AB570,38,5 (27m) Penalty. Whoever fails to comply with the requirement to provide sentences under sub. (25m) (a) or (c) may be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for each violation.

AB570,38,9 (28m) Effect of prior document of gift. Notwithstanding the requirements of this section, a document of gift that was made under the requirements of s. 157.06, 1987 stats., or s. 157.06, 2005 stats., is deemed to comply with the requirements of this section.

AB570, s. 7 Section 7. 230.35 (2d) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,38,14 230.35 (2d) (a) 2. "Human organ" has the meaning given for "vascularized organ" in s. 157.06 (1) (L) means a heart, lung, liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine, or other organ that requires the continuous circulation of blood to remain useful for purposes of transplantation.

AB570, s. 8 Section 8. 252.15 (2) (a) 1. and (am) 1. and 2. and (5) (a) 5. of the statutes are amended to read:

AB570,39,3 252.15 (2) (a) 1. Except as provided in subd. 1g., a health care provider who procures, processes, distributes or uses a human body part or human tissue donated as specified under s. 157.06 (6) (a) or (b) that is the subject of an anatomical gift under 157.06 shall, without obtaining consent to the testing, test for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV in order to assure medical acceptability of the gift for the purpose intended. The health care provider shall use as a test for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV a test or series of tests that the state epidemiologist finds medically significant and sufficiently reliable to detect the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV. If the validated test result of the donor from the test or series of tests performed is positive, the human body part or human tissue donated for use or proposed for donation may not be used.

AB570,39,20 (am) 1. A health care provider who procures, processes, distributes or uses human sperm donated as specified under s. 157.06 (6) (a) or (b) that is the subject of an anatomical gift under 157.06 shall, prior to the distribution or use and with informed consent under the requirements of par. (b), test the proposed donor for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV in order to assure medical acceptability of the gift for the purpose intended. The health care provider shall use as a test for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV a test or series of tests that the state epidemiologist finds medically significant and sufficiently reliable under s. 252.13 (1r) to detect the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV. The health care provider shall test the donor initially and, if the initial test result is negative, shall perform a 2nd test on a date that is not less than 180 days from the date of the procurement of the sperm. No person may use the donated sperm until the health care provider has obtained the results of the 2nd test. If any validated test result of the donor for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV is positive, the sperm donated for use may not be used and, if donated, shall be destroyed.

AB570,40,2 2. A health care provider who procures, processes, distributes or uses human ova donated as specified under s. 157.06 (6) (a) or (b) that are the subject of an anatomical gift under s. 157.06 shall, prior to the distribution or use and with informed consent under the requirements of par. (b), test the proposed donor for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV in order to assure medical acceptability of the gift for the purpose intended.

AB570,40,6 (5) (a) 5. To a health care provider who procures, processes, distributes or uses a human body part donated as specified under s. 157.06 (6) (a) or (b) that is the subject of an anatomical gift under s. 157.06, for the purpose of assuring medical acceptability of the gift for the purpose intended.

AB570, s. 9 Section 9. 343.17 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,40,14 343.17 (3) (b) The reverse side of the license shall contain an explanation of any restriction codes or endorsement abbreviations used on the front of the license, in sufficient detail to identify the nature of the restrictions or endorsements to a law enforcement officer of this state or another jurisdiction. Except for a commercial driver license, a part of the reverse side of each license shall be printed to serve as a document record of gift under s. 157.06 (2) (b) and (c) (t) or a document record of refusal to make an anatomical gift under s. 157.06 (2) (i) (u).

AB570, s. 10 Section 10. 343.175 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,40,23 343.175 (1) Department to solicit and record information. As part of every application for an original, duplicate, reinstated, reissued or renewal license or endorsement, the department shall inquire whether the applicant desires to be an organ donor. The department shall record the organ donor response in its file of the person. If a procurement organization, as defined in s. 157.06 (2) (p), reasonably identifies a person and requests the information recorded in the person's file under this subsection, the department shall promptly provide this information to the procurement organization.

AB570, s. 11 Section 11. 343.175 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,41,11 343.175 (1r) Department to provide information. In addition to the inquiry under sub. (1), if the applicant is at least 18 15 and one-half years of age, the department shall orally state to the applicant that he or she has the opportunity to indicate his or her willingness to be an organ donor. If the applicant indicates that he or she is undecided in response to the inquiry under sub. (1), the department shall provide the applicant with written information that all organ procurement organizations and the department have together developed. If the applicant makes an affirmative response to the inquiry under sub. (1), the department shall request at that time that the applicant write on the license the information that is specified under sub. (2) (ar) and affix a sticker, as described in sub. (3) (a), to the front side of the license document.

AB570, s. 12 Section 12. 343.175 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,41,13 343.175 (2) (title) Document Record of gift or refusal.

AB570, s. 13 Section 13. 343.175 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,41,18 343.175 (2) (a) Except as provided in par. (ag), a part of the reverse side of each license shall be printed to serve as a document record of gift under s. 157.06 (2) (b) and (c) (t) or a document record of refusal to make an anatomical gift under s. 157.06 (2) (i) (u).

AB570, s. 14 Section 14. 343.175 (2) (ag) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,41,25 343.175 (2) (ag) The department shall print a separate document to be issued to all persons issued a commercial driver license and make provisions so that the document may be attached to the reverse side of the license document along one edge. This document shall serve as a document record of gift under s. 157.06 (2) (b) and (c) (t) or a document record of refusal to make an anatomical gift under s. 157.06 (2) (i) (u).

AB570, s. 15 Section 15. 343.175 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 343.175 (3).

AB570, s. 16 Section 16. 343.175 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB570, s. 17 Section 17. 343.50 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,42,12 343.50 (3) Design and contents of card. The card shall be the same size as an operator's license but shall be of a design which is readily distinguishable from the design of an operator's license and bear upon it the words "IDENTIFICATION CARD ONLY". The information on the card shall be the same as specified under s. 343.17 (3). The card may serve as a document record of gift under s. 157.06 (2) (b) and (c) (t) and the holder may affix a sticker thereto as provided in s. 343.175 (3). The card may also serve as a document record of refusal to make an anatomical gift under s. 157.06 (2) (i) (u). The card shall contain the holder's photograph and, if applicable, shall be of the design specified under s. 343.17 (3) (a) 12.

AB570, s. 18 Section 18. 343.50 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,42,20 343.50 (4m) (a) As part of every application for an identification card, the department shall inquire whether the applicant desires to be an organ donor. The department shall record the organ donor response in its file of the person. If a procurement organization, as defined in s. 157.06 (2) (p), reasonably identifies a person and requests the information recorded in the person's file under this paragraph, the department shall promptly provide this information to the procurement organization.

AB570, s. 19 Section 19. 343.50 (4m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,43,7 343.50 (4m) (b) In addition to the inquiry under par. (a), if the applicant is at least 18 15 and one-half years of age, the department shall orally state to the applicant that he or she has the opportunity to indicate his or her willingness to be an organ donor. If the applicant indicates that he or she is undecided in response to the inquiry under par. (a), the department shall provide the applicant with written information that all organ procurement organizations and the department have together developed. If the applicant makes an affirmative response to the inquiry under par. (a), the department shall request at that time that the applicant write on the identification card the information that is required to make an anatomical gift under s. 157.06 (2) (b) and (c) (5) and affix a sticker thereto as provided in s. 343.175 (3).

AB570, s. 20 Section 20. 343.50 (8) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB570,43,21 343.50 (8) (b) The department may not disclose any record or other information concerning or relating to an applicant or identification card holder to any person other than a court, district attorney, county corporation counsel, city, village or town attorney, law enforcement agency, a procurement organization as provided in sub. (4m) (a), the applicant or identification card holder or, if the applicant or identification card holder is under 18 years of age, his or her parent or guardian. Except for photographs disclosed to a law enforcement agency under s. 343.237, persons entitled to receive any record or other information under this paragraph shall not disclose the record or other information to other persons or agencies. This paragraph does not prohibit the disclosure of a person's name or address, of the name or address of a person's employer or of financial information that relates to a person when requested under s. 49.22 (2m) by the department of workforce development or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).

AB570, s. 21 Section 21. Initial applicability.

AB570,43,24 (1) This act first applies to any of the following that occur on the effective date of this subsection:

AB570,43,25 (a) A request that another make an anatomical gift.

AB570,44,1 (b) The making, amendment, or revocation of an anatomical gift.

AB570,44,2 (c) The refusal to make an anatomical gift.

AB570,44,3 (d) The distribution of a body or part that is the subject of an anatomical gift.

AB570,44,4 (e) The issuance of a driver's license or identification card.

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