HB 2469-S - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/11/98)

     Requires any blood donor program receiving blood donations for medical or health purposes to establish a program and procedures to honor the requests by donors to have the blood donations directed for use to persons as specified by such donors.  The blood donor program may keep up to one-third of the donated blood to increase the general blood supply for other nondirected patient transfusions.