HEALTH Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank: Amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Health, so as to Provide a Short Title; Provide Legislative Intent and Findings; Provide Definitions; Create the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank for Postnatal Tissue and Fluid; Provide for Donations and Information Concerning Donations; Provide for the Creation of the Georgia Commission for Saving the Cure and the Membership, Appointment, Terms of Office, and Duties of Such Commission; Provide for Certain Funding Mechanisms; Amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Income Tax Returns and Information, so as to Authorize Taxpayers to Make Certain Contributions Through the Income Tax Payment and Refund Process; Provide that Stem Cell Research Funds Shall Only Be Used for Certain Purposes; Provide an Effective Date and for Applicability; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes

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Georgia State University Law Review

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Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act makes it the public policy of the State of Georgia to encourage the donation, collection, and storage of stem cells from postnatal tissue and fluid to be used for medical research and treatment. The Act sets up the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank to collect and store postnatal tissue and fluid, and to make the cells available for medical research and treatment. The Act also creates the Georgia Commission to Save the Cure, which appoints members to oversee the operations of the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank. The Act allows Georgia taxpayers to donate money from their tax refunds to the Georgia Commission for Saving the Cure.

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Georgia State University Law Review, HEALTH Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank: Amend Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Health, so as to Provide a Short Title; Provide Legislative Intent and Findings; Provide Definitions; Create the Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Bank for Postnatal Tissue and Fluid; Provide for Donations and Information Concerning Donations; Provide for the Creation of the Georgia Commission for Saving the Cure and the Membership, Appointment, Terms of Office, and Duties of Such Commission; Provide for Certain Funding Mechanisms; Amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, Relating to Income Tax Returns and Information, so as to Authorize Taxpayers to Make Certain Contributions Through the Income Tax Payment and Refund Process; Provide that Stem Cell Research Funds Shall Only Be Used for Certain Purposes; Provide an Effective Date and for Applicability; Repeal Conflicting Laws; and for Other Purposes, 24 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2012).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol24/iss1/9