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<leg xml:space="preserve" filenumber="2024FL1294" billnumber="SB0262" billnum="SB0262" designation="SB" otherSponsor="Candice B. Pierucci" otherHouse="House" sess="2024GS" fileno="2024FL1294" date="03-06-24" printDate="06-19 07:38" subVer="-2" minVer="0" office="LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL" actionDate="" impact="code" track=" " sponsor="Michael K. McKell">
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        <sect uid="C31A-22-S660_2024050120240501" buid="1" src="code" mtype="section" action="E" sort="31A22 06600020240501" effdate="5/1/2024">31A-22-660</sect>
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    <st numlevel="1" lineno="1" slineno="0-1">ORGAN TRANSPLANT AMENDMENTS</st>
    <sessionhead>2024 GENERAL SESSION</sessionhead>
    <statehead>STATE OF UTAH</statehead>
    <sponsorhead>Chief Sponsor: Michael K. McKell</sponsorhead>
    <otherSponsorhead>House Sponsor: Candice B. Pierucci</otherSponsorhead>
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    <lthead lineno="3">LONG TITLE</lthead>
    <gdhead lineno="4">General Description:</gdhead>
    <gd numlevel="1" lineno="5" slineno="0-5">This bill addresses forced organ harvesting.</gd>
    <hphead lineno="6">Highlighted Provisions:</hphead>
    <hp numlevel="1" lineno="7" slineno="0-7">This bill:
      <hl numlevel="1" lineno="8" slineno="0-8" level="1">defines terms;</hl>
      <hl numlevel="1" lineno="9" slineno="0-9" level="1">prohibits an issuer of accident and health insurance from covering a human organ  
        <ln numlevel="1" lineno="10" slineno="0-10"/>transplant or post-transplant care under certain circumstances;
      </hl>
      <hl numlevel="1" lineno="11" slineno="0-11" level="1">authorizes a deputy director from the Department of Health and Human Services to  
        <ln numlevel="1" lineno="12" slineno="0-12"/>designate a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting; and
      </hl>
      <hl numlevel="1" lineno="13" slineno="0-13" level="1">provides a severability clause.</hl>
    </hp>
    <moni numlevel="1" lineno="14" slineno="0-14" display="none">Money Appropriated in this Bill:</moni>
    <moniNone lineno="15">None</moniNone>
    <oc numlevel="1" lineno="16" slineno="0-16">Other Special Clauses:</oc>
    <ocNone lineno="17">None</ocNone>
    <sa numlevel="1" lineno="18" slineno="0-18">Utah Code Sections Affected:
      <saent numlevel="1" lineno="19" slineno="0-19">
        <snhead>ENACTS:</snhead>
        <sn num="31A-22-660" src="code" uid="C31A-22-S660_2024050120240501" buid="1" sort="31A22 06600020240501" numlevel="1" lineno="20" slineno="0-20">
          <bold>31A-22-660</bold>, Utah Code Annotated 1953
        </sn>
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  <enact numlevel="1" lineno="22" slineno="0-22">Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:</enact>
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    <bsec buid="1" type="enact" src="code" num="31A-22-660" uid="C31A-22-S660_2024050120240501" sort="31A22 06600020240501" numlevel="1" lineno="23" slineno="1-1" sn="1">
      <section number="31A-22-660" numlevel="1" lineno="24" slineno="1-2" type="enact">
        <secline lineno="23">Section 1, Section  
          <bold>31A-22-660</bold> is enacted to read:
        </secline>
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          <bold>31A-22-660. Definitions -- Prohibitions concerning organ harvesting --  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="25" slineno="1-3"/>Severability.
          </bold>
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        <subsection ssid="1-1" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="26" slineno="1-4" dnum="_-e:1-e" placement="noreturn">
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            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="22" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(1)</amend>
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          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="2" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">As used in this section, "forced organ harvesting" means the removal of one or more  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="27" slineno="1-5"/>organs from a living individual, or from an individual killed for the purpose of removal  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="28" slineno="1-6"/>of one or more of the individual's organs, by means of coercion, abduction, deception,  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="29" slineno="1-7"/>fraud, or abuse of power or a position of vulnerability.
          </amend>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-2" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="30" slineno="1-8" dnum="_-e:2-e">
          <display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="23" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(2)</amend>
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          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="5" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">An issuer of accident and health insurance may not cover a human organ transplant or  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="31" slineno="1-9"/>post-transplant care if:
          </amend>
          <subsection ssid="1-3" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="32" slineno="1-10" dnum="_-e:a-e">
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              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="24" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(a)</amend>
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            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="7" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">the human organ transplant operation is performed in the People's Republic of China  
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="33" slineno="1-11"/>or any other country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting, as  
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="34" slineno="1-12"/>designated pursuant to Subsection (3); or
            </amend>
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-4" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="35" slineno="1-13" dnum="_-e:b-e">
            <display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="25" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend>
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            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="10" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">the human organ to be transplanted was procured by sale or donation originating in  
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="36" slineno="1-14"/>the People's Republic of China or any other country known to have participated in  
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="37" slineno="1-15"/>forced organ harvesting, as designated pursuant to Subsection (3).
            </amend>
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-5" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="38" slineno="1-16" dnum="_-e:3-e" space="false">
          <display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="26" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(3)</amend>
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          <subsection ssid="1-6" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" dnum="_-e:a-e" placement="sameline">
            <display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="27" style="1" owner="e" level="1">(a)</amend>
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            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="15" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">The deputy director of the Department of Health and Human Services described 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="39" slineno="1-17"/>in Subsection 
              <xref depth="3" refnumber="26B-1-203">26B-1-203</xref>(4) may designate additional countries with governments 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="40" slineno="1-18"/>that fund, sponsor, or otherwise facilitate forced organ harvesting.
            </amend>
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-7" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="41" slineno="1-19" dnum="_-e:b-e">
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              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="28" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend>
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            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="18" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">If the deputy director designates an additional country under Subsection (3)(a), the 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="42" slineno="1-20"/>deputy director shall provide written notice to the executive director of the 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="43" slineno="1-21"/>Department of Health and Human Services and the insurance commissioner.
            </amend>
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-8" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="admin" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="44" slineno="1-22" dnum="_-e:4-e">
          <display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="29" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(4)</amend>
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          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="22" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="end">If any provision of this section or the application of any provision of this section to any  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="45" slineno="1-23"/>person or circumstance is held to be invalid, the remainder of this section shall be given  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="46" slineno="1-24"/>effect without the invalid provision or application. The provisions of Section  
            <xref depth="3" refnumber="31A-22-660">31A-22-660</xref>
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="47" slineno="1-25"/> are severable.
          </amend>
        </subsection>
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        <secline lineno="48">Section 2.   
          <bold>Effective date.</bold>
        </secline>
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          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1" style="1" owner="admin" level="1" amendtag="both">
            <tab/>This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.
          </amend>
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    <rev/>
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