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Bill 237, Robbie's Legacy Act (Honouring Beloved Organ and Tissue Donors), 2024

Hsu, Ted

Blais, Stephen

Fraser, John

Shamji, Adil

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Gift of

Life Act .

Section

11 of the Act is amended to provide that a person who had given consent or with

respect to whom consent had been given for their body to be used after the

person’s death for transplants may be publicly identified as having been an

organ or tissue donor if specified conditions are met.

Bill 237 2024

Act to amend the Gift of Life Act in order to recognize organ and tissue donors

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Subsection 11 (1) of the Gift of Life Act

is amended by striking out “Except where legally required” at the beginning of

the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “Except in accordance with subsection

(3) or where legally required”.

(2) Section

11 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(3) A

deceased person who had given consent under subsection 4 (1) or with respect to

whom consent had been given under subsection 5 (2) may be publicly identified

as having been an organ or tissue donor if the following conditions are met:

1. The

deceased person’s name is the only information used to identify the person, and

no additional identifying information, including the date of the transplant, is

made public.

2. The

purpose of publicly identifying the deceased person as an organ or tissue donor

is to recognize that fact in the form of a memorial or in any other form that

the hospital considers appropriate to show appreciation for the deceased person.

3. At

least six months have elapsed since the transplant to which the consent under

subsection 4 (1) was given.

4. Consent

to the deceased person being publicly identified as an organ or tissue donor,

including the specific manner in which it will be done, has been obtained from,

i. if

the deceased person gave the consent under subsection 4 (1), the person who

would be the deceased person’s substitute under subsection 5 (2) at the time at

which the consent to the public identification is given, or

ii. if

the deceased person’s substitute gave the consent under subsection 5 (2), the

substitute who gave that consent.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Robbie’s Legacy Act

(Honouring Beloved Organ and Tissue Donors), 2024 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

December 5, 2024

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

December 5, 2024

First Reading

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Carried

First Reading

December 5, 2024

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading