[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 948 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 948

To encourage organ donation through the inclusion of an organ donation 
  card with individual income refund payments, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 20 (legislative day, June 19), 1995

    Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Helms, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
Murkowski, and Mr. Robb) introduced the following bill; which was read 
             twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To encourage organ donation through the inclusion of an organ donation 
  card with individual income refund payments, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Organ Donation Insert Card Act''.

SEC. 2. ORGAN DONATION INFORMATION INCLUDED WITH INCOME TAX REFUND 
              PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall include with 
any payment of a refund of individual income tax made during the period 
beginning on February 1, 1996, and ending on June 30, 1996, a copy of 
the document described in subsection (b).
    (b) Text of Document.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall, after 
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and 
organizations promoting organ donation, prepare a document suitable for 
inclusion with individual income tax refund payments which--
            (1) encourages organ donation;
            (2) includes a detachable organ donor card; and
            (3) urges recipients to--
                    (A) sign the organ donor card;
                    (B) discuss organ donation with family members and 
                tell family members about the recipient's desire to be 
                an organ donor if the occasion arises; and
                    (C) encourage family members to request or 
                authorize organ donation if the occasion arises.
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