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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY FREEMAN
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution recognizing National Organ and
1 4 Tissue Donation Awareness Week, designating the month
1 5 of May as Organ Donation Awareness Month in the state
1 6 of Iowa, and encouraging citizens of the state to
1 7 complete organ donor cards.
1 8 WHEREAS, approximately 200 people in this state are
1 9 currently awaiting organ transplants, including heart,
1 10 lung, liver, kidney, and kidney-pancreas transplants,
1 11 and approximately 60,000 individuals are awaiting
1 12 organ transplants nationwide; and
1 13 WHEREAS, the number of organ donors in this state
1 14 was only 52 in 1997, an increase of one donor over the
1 15 previous year; and
1 16 WHEREAS, the need for organ transplants in this
1 17 state, and nationally, continues to increase at a
1 18 faster rate than the rate of organ donations; and
1 19 WHEREAS, proposed changes in United Network for
1 20 Organ Sharing distribution procedures establishing one
1 21 prioritized national list for liver transplants are
1 22 generating concern that the availability of organs at
1 23 transplant centers within the state may be curtailed;
1 24 and
1 25 WHEREAS, organ donation cards have been developed
1 26 which are designed to inform medical staff and family
1 27 members of an individual's desire to become an organ
1 28 donor should circumstances so warrant; and
1 29 WHEREAS, a completed organ donation card increases
1 30 the likelihood that an individual's wish to donate
2 1 will be communicated and carried out in an expeditious
2 2 manner, assisting and relieving family members
2 3 regarding their consent to donate; and
2 4 WHEREAS, the week of Sunday, April 19, 1998,
2 5 through Saturday, April 25, 1998, has been designated
2 6 National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week; NOW
2 7 THEREFORE,
2 8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 9 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the designation of
2 10 the week of April 19, 1998, through April 25, 1998, as
2 11 National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week is
2 12 officially recognized, and that the month of May shall
2 13 annually be designated Organ Donation Awareness Month
2 14 in the state of Iowa; and
2 15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the citizens of the
2 16 state of Iowa are encouraged to consider the option of
2 17 organ donation and complete organ donor cards
2 18 available at driver's license renewal stations,
2 19 hospitals and doctor's offices, and statewide Organ
2 20 Procurement Organization locations; and
2 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
2 22 Senate shall send copies of this Resolution to each
2 23 member of the Iowa congressional delegation, and to
2 24 the Secretary of the federal Department of Health and
2 25 Human Services.
2 26 LSB 4430SS 77
2 27 rn/jl/8.1
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