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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
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
- Yes
- 2
- No
- 3
- Absent
- 0
- Excused
- 0
- Conflict
- 0
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-3-2-0-02025-01-30 · House57 yes 3 no
- Yes
- 57
- No
- 3
- Absent
- 0
- Excused
- 2
- Conflict
- 0
Yes 57
Abby AngelosR · H03Andrew ByronR · H22Ann LucasR · H43Art WashutR · H36Bill AllemandR · H58Bob DavisR · H47Bob NicholasR · H07Chip NeimanR · H01Christopher KnappR · H53Clarence StyvarR · H12Cody WylieR · H39Dalton BanksR · H26Daniel SinghR · H61Darin McCannR · H48Elissa CampbellR · H56Gary BrownR · H41Ivan PoseyD · H33Jacob WasserburgerR · H11Jayme LienR · H38JD WilliamsR · H02Jeremy HaroldsonR · H04Joel GuggenmosR · H55Joe WebbR · H19John BearR · H31John C EklundH10John WinterR · H28Julie JarvisR · H57Ken ChestekD · H13Ken CloustonR · H32Ken PendergraftR · H29Kevin CampbellR · H62Landon BrownR · H09Laurie BrattenR · H51Lee FilerR · H44Lloyd LarsenR · H54Marilyn ConnollyR · H40Marlene BradyR · H60Martha LawleyR · H27McKay EricksonR · H21Mike SchmidR · H20Nina WebberR · H24Ocean AndrewR · H46Pam ThayerR · H15Paul HoeftR · H25Pepper OttmanR · H34Rachel Rodriguez-WilliamsR · H50Reuben TarverR · H52Robert WharffR · H49Rob GeringerR · H42Scott HeinerR · H18Scott SmithR · H05Steve HarshmanR · H37Steve JohnsonR · H08Tomi StrockR · H06Tom KellyR · H30Tony LockeR · H35Trey SherwoodD · H14
H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 6-2-1-0-02025-01-22 · House6 yes 2 no
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 2
- Absent
- 0
- Excused
- 1
- Conflict
- 0
Official activity
Bill history
- S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4Senate
- S No report prior to CoW CutoffSenate
- S10 - Labor:Do Pass Failed 2-3-0-0-0Senate
- S Introduced and Referred to S10 - LaborSenate
- S Received for IntroductionSenate
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-3-2-0-0House
- H 2nd Reading:PassedHouse
- H COW:PassedHouse
- H Placed on General FileHouse
- H10 - Labor:Recommend Do Pass 6-2-1-0-0House
- H Introduced and Referred to H10 - LaborHouse
- H Received for IntroductionHouse
- Bill Number AssignedLSO