Bill > H2333

This bill establishes the Massachusetts Incarcerated Individual Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Program within the Department of Correction. The program allows eligible incarcerated individuals to earn a reduction in their sentence length, ranging from 60 to 365 days, for donating bone marrow or organ(s). The program is overseen by a Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Committee, which consists of various stakeholders, including the Commissioner of the Department of Correction, medical experts, and advocacy group representatives. The committee is responsible for setting eligibility standards, determining the sentence reduction amounts, and filing annual reports on the program's activities and the estimated lives saved through the donations. All costs associated with the program will be covered by the benefiting institutions, not the Department of Correction, and there will be no commissions or monetary payments made to the Department of Correction for the bone marrow donations.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services, Justice

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H2333