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1997 SESSION
970801480Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-297.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-297.1. The Virginia Transplant Council.
A. For the purpose of conducting educational and informational
activities and coordinating such activities as they relate to organ,
and tissue, and eye donation,
procurement, and transplantation efforts in the Commonwealth, there
is hereby established the Virginia Transplant Council (the
"Council"). The membership of the Council shall
initially consist of the following organizations, each of whom shall
have one vote: the University of Virginia Medical Center, the Medical
College of Virginia, the Virginia Organ Procurement Agency, the Eastern
Virginia Renal Transplant Program, the Eastern Virginia Tissue Bank, the Old
Dominion Eye Bank, the Lion'sEye and Research Center of Eastern Virginia, the
Eye Bank and Research Foundation of Virginia and the South-Eastern Organ
Procurement Foundation Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Bone Marrow
Program at Virginia Blood Services,
Carolina Organ Procurement Agency, Fairfax
Hospital, Henrico Doctors' Hospital,
LifeNet, Life Resources Regional Donor
Center, Lions Medical Eye Bank and Research Center of
Eastern Virginia, Medical College of Virginia
Hospitals, Old Dominion Eye Bank,
Roanoke Memorial Hospitals, Sentara Norfolk
General Hospital, South-Eastern Organ Procurement
Foundation, University of Virginia Health Sciences
Center, Virginia Hospital and Healthcare
Association,
Virginias' Organ
Procurement Agency, Washington Regional Transplant
Consortium, and any successor organization thereof which
remains directly involved in activities related to organ, tissue, or eye
donation, procurement, or transplantation.
B. In order to provide flexibility, viable
and coordination and to prevent duplication of efforts, the
member organizations Council may
agree to include as members of extend associate
membership on the Council to other
organizations, agencies, or experts,
public or private, who (i) are directly involved in
or (ii) provide education or information on organ,
or tissue, or eye donation, procurement, or
transplantation as they deem appropriate. Such other experts
membership shall include a
representative of a bone marrow transplantation program be extended
to the Virginia Departments of
Education, Health Professions, and
Motor Vehicles, and may be extended to other
organizations, agencies, or experts as the Council deems appropriate.
The Board of Health shall be designated as budgetary administrator of the
Council and shall receive such funds as may be provided by the General Assembly
in the appropriations act. The Board shall provide technical oversight for the
Commonwealth of the activities of the Council and shall require such fiscal and
substantive reports of the Council as it deems necessary.
C. The Council shall conduct its activities in
consultation and coordination with other organizations whose goals are related
to organ, or tissue, or eye donation,
procurement, or transplantation including, but not limited
to, the End Stage Renal Disease Network of the Virginias, the North
American Transplant Coordinators' Organization, the National Kidney Foundation
of Virginia, the American Liver Foundation, the United Network for Organ
Sharing and , the Virginia Heart
Association, and successor organizations thereof. To achieve its
purpose purposes efficiently and
effectively, the Council may conduct its activities through its member
organizations or may contract for services with appropriate parties.
D. The Board of Health shall be designated as budgetary administrator of the Council and shall receive such funds as may be provided by the General Assembly in the appropriations act for the operation and administration of the Council. The Board shall provide technical oversight for the Commonwealth of the activities of the Council and shall require such fiscal and substantive reports of the Council as it deems necessary.
E. To enable the Council to further its purposes, the Council is authorized to apply for, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from public or private sources. The Virginia Transplant Council Education Fund (the "Fund") is hereby established and shall consist of such gifts, grants, or donations as may be received pursuant to this subsection and any moneys appropriated by the General Assembly to support the Council's education and information programs. The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. Moneys remaining in the Fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Interest earned on such funds shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it.
F. On or before September 30 of each year, the Council shall submit a report on its activities in the previous fiscal year to the chairmen of the Committee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions of the House of Delegates and the Committee on Education and Health of the Senate.