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2.240 Organ Donor Awareness Week.
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The fourth week of April of each year is designated as Organ Donor Awareness
Week, and the Governor shall annually issue a proclamation inviting and urging the
people of the Commonwealth to be involved with appropriate activities. This
observance is created to educate the citizens of the Commonwealth about the
importance of organ donation.
As part of Organ Donor Awareness Week, the Governor and the House of
Representatives and the Senate of the General Assembly shall honor those persons
who have donated organs and surviving family members with a ceremony in the
Capitol rotunda. Each person who has donated an organ shall be recognized
collectively by citation and, upon request, the person or the person's family shall be
given a copy of the citation. The Governor may establish an organ donor honor
board to collect the name of each person, subject to the person's consent, who
donates an organ in the Commonwealth during the year, and to recognize medical
professionals, educators, volunteers, public employees, and private organizations
that are involved with the organ donation process. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to require reporting of the name of any person involved with the organ
donation process or to supersede patient confidentiality protections established by
statute, the Board of Medical Licensure or other state entity, or the Federal Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Education efforts are encouraged to focus on the importance of organ donation and
its significance with saving the lives of Kentuckians. The Cabinet for Health and
Family Services is encouraged to develop and circulate materials relating to organ
donation, including but not limited to:
(a) The benefits of living organ donation; and
(b) The impact of living organ donation on the access of a living organ donor to
insurance, including the protections set forth in KRS 304.12-087.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 55, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 72, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2003 Ky. Acts ch.
121, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003.
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