Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Law [UAGL] HB 4940 - 4945
Six bills, which completely revise the Uniform Anatomical Gift Law in Michigan, were recently introduced. The package of bills clarifies and defines all aspects of the donation process while strengthening donor rights. Gift of Life Michigan fully supports HB 4940 and supporting bills, HB 4941 - 4945.
Please join us in thanking the sponsors of this important legislation.
HB 4940 (The Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Law - UAGL)

Sponsor: Representative Paul Condino (D-Southfield)

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HB 4941 (Updates references to the UAGL with regard to state ID cards)

Sponsor: Representative Kathy Angerer (D-Dundee)

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HB 4942 (Updates references to the UAGL with regard to driver licenses)

Sponsor: Representative Brenda Clack (D-Flint)

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HB 4943 (Updates references to the UAGL in the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Sponsor: Representative Andy Coulouris (D-Saginaw)

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HB 4944 (Updates references to the UAGL in the Medical Examiner Code)

Sponsor: Representative Edward Gaffney (R-Grosse Pointe Farms)

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HB 4945 (Updates references to the UAGL in Estates and Protected Individuals Code)

Sponsor: Representative Brian Calley (R-Portland)

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Living Donor Tax Benefit to Cover Unreimbursed Expenses Related to
DonationSenate Bill 76

Sponsor: Senator John Gleason (D-Flint)

This bill would allow living donors, in the year of donation, to subtract up to $10,000 from their Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) for expenses not reimbursed by insurance related to the donation. This bill applies to organ and bone marrow donation.

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Permit 16-year-olds to become blood donors with parental permission Senate Bill 486

Sponsor: Senator Wayne Kuipers (R-Holland)

Allows an individual who is 16 years of age to donate blood in a voluntary and noncompensatory blood program with his or her parent's or legal guardian's permission or authorization. To be referenced as “Jenna’s law”.

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Living Organ Donor Tax Credit Act of 2007 H.R. 1035

Sponsor: Congressman Joe Wilson (SC)

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for a living donation of a qualified life-saving organ for transplantation. The act limits the credit to $5,000 of the unreimbursed costs and lost wages incurred by an organ donor in connection with an organ transplant.

Safe Tissue Act S.1479 / H.R. 2731

Sponsor: Senator Charles Schumer (NY) Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ)

A bill to improve the oversight and regulation of tissue banks and the tissue donation process.

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