Legislation

    1. AB 503 (Carrillo) Health care: organ donation enrollment.
  • Held up in Appropriations – Will try again in 2024 
  1. Summary: This bill requires the single application for insurance affordability programs, such as Medi-Cal and Covered California, to include a space for applicants to enroll in the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. The questions asking applicants if they would like to enroll will be limited to the online application (the most common enrollment pathway) and will be optional and not a required part of the application.

 

    1. AB 1268 (Irwin) Franchise Tax Board: returns: organ donor elections and data sharing.
  • Will be heard on the Senate Floor soon
  1. Summary:  This bill would require the Franchise Tax Board to revise the California resident income tax return to include a check box for an individual taxpayer who self-prepares the taxpayer’s return to elect to be an organ donor with Donate Life California and would require the Franchise Tax Board to annually send that information to Donate Life California with respect to an individual taxpayer who has elected to be an organ donor.