BILL NUMBER: AB 974	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bloom

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 7150.35 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to anatomical gifts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 974, as introduced, Bloom. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
   Existing law, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, regulates the
making of anatomical gifts and the disposition of donated bodies and
body parts. Existing law authorizes an individual who is between 15
and 18 years of age to, among other things, make an anatomical gift
for any specified purpose only upon the written consent of his or her
parent or guardian.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 7150.35 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   7150.35.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (g) and
subject to subdivision (f), in the absence of an express, contrary
indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from
making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body
or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or
part under Section 7150.20 or an amendment to an anatomical gift of
the donor's body or part under Section 7150.25.
   (b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body
or part under Section 7150.25 is not a refusal and does not bar
another person specified in Section 7150.15 or 7150.40 from making an
anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under Section 7150.20 or
7150.45.
   (c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical
gift of the donor's body or part under Section 7150.20 or an
amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under
Section 7150.25, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the
gift of the donor's body or part under Section 7150.45.
   (d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part
under Section 7150.25 by a person other than the donor does not bar
another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part
under Section 7150.20 or 7150.45.
   (e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor
or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section
7150.15, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give
another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of
another part at a later time by the donor or another person.
   (f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor
or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under Section
7150.15, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes
set forth in Section 7150.15 is not a limitation on the making of an
anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the
donor or any other person under Section 7150.20 or 7150.45.
   (g) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an individual who is between
15 and 18 years of age may make an anatomical gift for any purpose
authorized in this chapter,  may  limit an
anatomical gift to one or more of those purposes,  may
 refuse to make an anatomical gift, or  may
 amend or revoke an anatomical gift, only upon the written
consent of the parent or guardian. If a donor who is an unemancipated
minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may
revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.