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| | | Resolve, To Review Rules for Organ and Tissue Donation |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do | | not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless | | enacted as emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, this resolve must take effect prior to July 1, 2005 in | | order for the Department of Health and Human Services to initiate | | rulemaking to revise, amend or replace existing rules regarding | | organ and tissue donation to address issues including informed | | consent, training and the manner in which organ and tissue | | donation requests are processed in this State; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, be it |
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| | | Sec. 1. Rules to be reviewed. Resolved: That the Department of Health | | and Human Services shall review the rules regarding the | | responsibilities of hospitals and physicians in implementing the | | Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, including, but not limited to, the | | congruity of the current rules with recent federal changes in the | | protocol for organ and tissue procurement, informed consent, | | conflict of interest and the potential application of the rules | | to research facilities and other entities not currently subject | | to the rules. The department shall include in the review | | representatives of the Department of the Attorney General, Office |
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