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A4935
ASSEMBLY, No. 4935
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED MAY 7, 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman� KENYATTA STEWART
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires State agencies to provide information
regarding living donations; appropriates $1 million.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act
concerning State agencies and living donation
information, supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes, and making an
appropriation.�
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� a.� Each State agency, in
consultation with the Department of Human Services, shall provide information
for the purpose of educating the public
about living donations.� The information shall be provided in both a hard copy paper
form at each State agency location and prominently posted in a digital format
on the respective agency�s Internet website, and in any other location and
manner as the department deems appropriate.
���� b.� The Department of Human
Services shall provide each State agency with the appropriate information for
distribution to the public and shall update the information as necessary and
appropriate, but not less than on a biennial basis.�
���� c.� As used in this section:�
���� �Living donation� means the
donation of an anatomical gift by a living donor for the purpose of
transplantation into another individual.
���� "State agency" means
any State department in the executive branch, and any authority, commission,
office, department, division, bureau, board, or instrumentality thereof,
including any State college or public institution of higher education, but not
including local government units.
���� d.� The Department of Human
Services shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act,"
P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be
necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
���� 2.� There is appropriated from
the General Fund to the Department of Human Services the sum of $1,000,000 to
effectuate the purposes of this act, P.L.�� , c.�� (C.�� ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill).�
���� 3. �This act shall take effect
immediately.�
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires each State
agency, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, to provide
information for the purpose of educating the public about living donations.� The
information will be provided in both a hard copy paper form at each State
agency location and prominently posted in a digital format on the respective
agency�s Internet websites.
���� The Department of Human
Services will provide each State agency with the appropriate information for
distribution to the public and will update the information on no less than a
biennial basis.�
���� The bill defines �living
donation� to mean the donation of an anatomical gift by a living donor for the
purpose of transplantation into another individual.
���� The bill also appropriates
from the General Fund to the Department of Human Services the sum of $1,000,000
to effectuate the purposes of this bill.� �