AB 936

This bill requires the Department of Revenue to place on income tax forms a

method by which a resident of this state who is 15 years of age or older, or an

emancipated minor, may elect to include his or her name as a donor of an anatomical

gift in the record of potential donors maintained by the Department of

Transportation (donor registry). The bill requires DOR to transmit information

about applicants who elect to be included in the donor registry to DOT, and requires

DOT to record donor authorizations received from DOR in the donor registry even

if the person does not have an operator's license or identification card issued by DOT.

Under current law, DOT must maintain those records and disclose them to an eye

bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank under certain circumstances.

The method for electing to be a donor under the bill is similar to the method by

which a person may, under current law, elect to be a donor in an application to the

Department of Natural Resources for a hunting, fishing, or trapping license. Under

the bill, electing to be a donor on a tax return is sufficient to authorize a gift. Under

current law, DOT is required to cooperate with the Department of Health Services

in establishing a donor registry. This bill requires DOR to also cooperate with DHS

for this purpose.