Bill > H827

This bill establishes the Massachusetts Prisoner Bone Marrow Donation Program within the Department of Correction. The program allows eligible prisoners to donate bone marrow and receive a reduction in their sentence, up to 60 days, as determined by a Bone Marrow Donation Committee. The committee, composed of the Medical Director of the Department of Corrections, a bone marrow specialist from a Commonwealth hospital, and a representative of a bone marrow donation advocacy organization, is responsible for implementing and administering the program. The bill requires annual reports on the amounts of bone marrow donated and the estimated lives saved, and specifies that all program costs will be borne by the benefiting institutions, not the Department of Correction, with no commissions or monetary payments to the Department.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H827