Tennessee HB1046 amends anatomical gift laws to clarify refusals and contact protocols for organ donations.
Tennessee HB1046 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63 and Title 68, concerning anatomical gifts. It allows individuals to refuse organ donations through a signed writing or a terminal patient through an oral statement. It mandates procurement organizations to contact specified persons within six hours of a decedent's heartbeat cessation. If a refusal exists, organizations must not contact the specified person. If a refusal does not exist and no bar exists, organizations may contact the specified person.
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