Bill Analysis

Legislative Service Commission

LSC Analysis of House Bill

H.B. 67*

128th General Assembly

(As Reported by H. State Government)

 

Reps.     Carney, Amstutz, Balderson, Boyd, Evans, Hagan, Harris, Koziura, Letson, Luckie, Mecklenborg, Murray, Newcomb, Okey, Patten, Pillich, Skindell, Snitchler, Yuko, Zehringer

BILL SUMMARY

·         Permits a person who is 16 to donate blood with parental consent.

CONTENT AND OPERATION

Current law allows any person 17 years of age or older, without consent of the person's parent or guardian, to donate blood in a voluntary blood program that is not operated for profit.  The bill authorizes any person 16 years of age but less than 17 years of age, with the consent of the person's parent or guardian, to donate blood in such a voluntary nonprofit blood program.

The bill does not change a provision of existing law that requires a blood program, before obtaining blood donations from students at high schools, joint vocational schools, or technical schools, to arrange for the dissemination of written donation information to be shared with their parents or guardians that includes a statement that the students will be requested to donate blood.  (R.C. 2108.31.)

HISTORY

ACTION

DATE

 

 

Introduced

03-10-09

Reported, H. State Gov't

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* This analysis was prepared before the report of the House State Government Committee appeared in the House Journal.  Note that the list of co-sponsors and the legislative history may be incomplete.