Florida Senate - 2020                              CS for SB 798
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Rules; and Senators Rouson and Pizzo
       
       
       
       
       
       595-04445-20                                           2020798c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the procurement of human organs and
    3         tissue; amending s. 765.542, F.S.; prohibiting for
    4         profit eye banks from procuring certain human organs
    5         and tissue for specified purposes, with certain
    6         exceptions; amending s. 873.01, F.S.; prohibiting for
    7         profit eye banks from procuring certain human organs
    8         and tissue for specified purposes, with certain
    9         exceptions; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Present subsection (4) of section 765.542,
   14  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5), and a new
   15  subsection (4) is added to that section, to read:
   16         765.542 Requirements to engage in organ, tissue, or eye
   17  procurement.—
   18         (4) A for-profit eye bank may not engage, directly or
   19  indirectly, in the procurement of any eye, cornea, eye tissue,
   20  or corneal tissue for use in live-cell corneal transplantation.
   21  This subsection does not apply to a hospital or an ambulatory
   22  surgical center licensed under chapter 395 or to a district
   23  medical examiner appointed under chapter 406.
   24         Section 2. Present subsections (3) and (4) of section
   25  873.01, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4)
   26  and (5), respectively, a new subsection (3) is added to that
   27  section, and subsections (1) and (2) of that section are
   28  amended, to read:
   29         873.01 Purchase or sale of human organs and tissue
   30  prohibited.—
   31         (1) A No person may not shall knowingly offer to purchase
   32  or sell, or purchase, sell, or otherwise transfer, any human
   33  organ or tissue for valuable consideration.
   34         (2) A No for-profit corporation or any employee thereof may
   35  not shall transfer or arrange for the transfer of any human body
   36  part for valuable consideration.
   37         (3) A for-profit eye bank, as defined in s. 765.511, may
   38  not engage, directly or indirectly, in the procurement, as
   39  defined in s. 765.511, of any eye, cornea, eye tissue, or
   40  corneal tissue for use in live-cell corneal transplantation.
   41  This subsection does not apply to a hospital or an ambulatory
   42  surgical center licensed under chapter 395 or to a district
   43  medical examiner appointed under chapter 406.
   44         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.