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HB0135

Autologous or Direct Blood Donations

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In one sentence

This act allows hospitals and blood banks to accept autologous (donating one's own blood for future use) and direct (donating blood specifically for another person's future use) blood donations, sets rules for fees, and requires the Department of Health to create regulations.

What it does

  • Allows hospitals and other health care facilities to permit patients to donate their own blood before a medical procedure if the facility can handle blood donations.
  • Requires blood banks to follow doctors' orders when facilitating autologous or direct blood donations, unless there are specific health reasons why someone shouldn't donate.
  • Permits blood banks to charge reasonable fees for processing and storing donated blood.
  • Directs the Department of Health to make rules that explain how this new law will work.

Who it affects

  • Hospitals and other healthcare facilities
  • Blood banks
  • Patients who need medical procedures

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in the Senate and is now inactive.
  • It does not specify what 'reasonable fees' are, leaving it up to interpretation by blood banks.
  • Details on how the Department of Health will create rules for implementing this act are not provided.

Plain language

Terms to know

Autologous blood donation
When a person donates their own blood for personal use during a future medical procedure.
Direct blood donation
When a person donates blood specifically for another person's use during that person’s future medical procedure.

Official record

Sources

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Public statements

Why lawmakers voted

Last checked Aug 5, 3:27 AM

Couldn't find a published reason.

Wyoming roll calls

Recorded votes

3 roll calls

S10 - Labor:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-02025-02-26 · Senate2 yes 3 no
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-3-2-0-02025-01-30 · House57 yes 3 no
H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 6-2-1-0-02025-01-22 · House6 yes 2 no

Official activity

Bill history

  1. S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4Senate
  2. S No report prior to CoW CutoffSenate
  3. S10 - Labor:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0Senate
  4. S Introduced and Referred to S10 - LaborSenate
  5. S Received for IntroductionSenate
  6. H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-3-2-0-0House
  7. H 2nd Reading:PassedHouse
  8. H COW:PassedHouse
  9. H Placed on General FileHouse
  10. H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 6-2-1-0-0House
  11. H Introduced and Referred to H10 - LaborHouse
  12. H Received for IntroductionHouse
  13. Bill Number AssignedLSO