AN ACT relating to organ donation safety.

Create a new section of Chapter 311 to define terms; establish conditions and processes for pause in procedure for an organ donation; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to implement and enforce the pause in procedure requirements; establish that the provisions should not be construed to conflict with KRS 446.400, discourage ethical organ donation, interfere with independent end-of-life decision making, conflict with the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, or…

Hospitals And Health Facilities Nurses Physicians Reports Mandated Safety State Agencies Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Deaths Health and Medical Services Health Care Professionals

Introduced: January 28, 2026

Last action: April 7, 2026

(Acts Ch. 43)

In effect since July 15, 2026

Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This law creates new rules around a "pause in procedure" during organ donation, setting specific conditions and steps that must be followed before donation proceeds. The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services is required to write regulations to carry out and enforce these requirements, and must report back to the legislature on how the process is working. The law is written to protect ethical organ donation practices while also safeguarding end-of-life decision making. Who…

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