DRIVER TRAINING: ORGAN DONATION S.B. 1045 (S-1):
FLOOR SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 1045 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
Sponsor: Senator John J. Gleason
Committee: Transportation
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Driver Education Provider and Instructor Act to require a segment two driver education course to provide instruction explaining the right to make an anatomical gift in the event of death, as provided under the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Law.
Instructional materials to implement the bill would have to be developed in cooperation with the State's federally designated organ procurement organization (OPO) and would have to include information on how to join the State organ, tissue, and eye donor registry.
If instruction material were provided at no cost to the driver education provider in a compatible electronic medium or in the form of a brochure or other written material, the provider would have to show the material to its students.
MCL 256.659 Legislative Analyst: Curtis Walker
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State government. There could be an indeterminate cost associated with the requirement to include information on organ donation in driver education instructional materials. Any costs associated with the proposed requirement would likely result in increased program costs incurred by driver education students. The costs should be minimal, if any.
Date Completed: 1-19-10 Fiscal Analyst: Joe Carrasco
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb1045/0910