Plain English Breakdown
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Sharing Organ Donation Info with New College Students
This law requires public colleges and universities in California to give new students information about organ donation.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the Trustees of the California State University to provide educational materials on Donate Life California to all incoming students at every campus.
- Requests the Regents of the University of California to share similar donor registry information with their new students across all campuses.
- Mandates that each California Community College campus must give this donation education to its entering student body.
- Allows individual schools to choose how they share these materials based on what works best for their specific students.
- Requires Donate Life California to supply the necessary resources and work with colleges to help spread this information.
Who It Names or Affects
- Incoming students at University of California, California State University, and California Community College campuses.
- The Trustees of the California State University and the Regents of the University of California.
- Each campus within the California Community Colleges system.
- Donate Life California as a resource provider.
Terms To Know
- Incoming students
- Students who are starting their studies at a college or university for the first time in that school year.
- Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry
- An official list of people who have said they want to donate organs or tissue after they die.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law requests action from the University of California but only requires it from other public college systems.
- It is not yet clear if the Commission on State Mandates will find that this bill costs money for community colleges to implement.
- Reimbursement for any state-mandated costs depends on future decisions by the Commission and existing laws.