HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1979 FILED ON: 1/15/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1621
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Benjamin Swan
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to establish the Massachusetts Prisoner Bone Marrow Donation Program.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Benjamin Swan | 11th Hampden | 1/15/2015 |
Timothy J. Musie | P.O. Box 1218 Shirley, MA 01464-1218 | 1/15/2015 |
Gloria L. Fox | 7th Suffolk | 9/26/2019 |
Leonard Mirra | 2nd Essex | 9/26/2019 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 9/26/2019 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 9/26/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1979 FILED ON: 1/15/2015
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1621
By Mr. Swan of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1621) of Benjamin Swan and others for legislation to establish the prisoner bone marrow donation program in the Commonwealth. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)
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An Act to establish the Massachusetts Prisoner Bone Marrow Donation Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Notwithstanding and law to the contrary, the following act Massachusetts Prisoner Bone Marrow Donation Program
Section 1. There shall be established a bone marrow donation program within the Department of Correction. Accepted and eligible prisoners will be able to gain up to a sixty day reduction in the length of their sentence for an amount of bone marrow donated to be determined by the Bone Marrow Donation Committee. Said committee shall be made of the following:
(a) The Medical Director of the Department of Corrections
(b) A Bone Marrow Specialist from a Commonwealth hospital;
(c) A Representative of an organization advocating for bone marrow donations;
Said committee shall be responsible for the effective implementation and ongoing administration of the {Prisoner Bone Marrow Donation program. Annual reports including actual amounts of bone marrow donated, and the estimated life-savings associated with said donations, to be filed with the Executive and Legislative branches of the Commonwealth. All costs associated with the Bone Marrow Donation Program will be done by the benefiting institutions of the program, and their affiliates-not by the Department of Correction. There will be no commissions or monetary payments to be made to the Department of Correction for bone marrow donated by inmates.