KRS 2.240: Organ Donor Awareness Week.

(1) The fourth week of April of each year is designated as Organ Donor Awareness

Week, and the Governor shall annually issue a proclamation inviting and urging the

people of the Commonwealth to be involved with appropriate activities. This

observance is create d to educate the citizens of the Commonwealth about the

importance of organ donation.

(2) As part of Organ Donor Awareness Week, the Governor and the House of

Representatives and the Senate of the General Assembly shall honor those persons

who have donated organs and surviving family members with a ceremony in the

Capitol rotunda. Each person who has donated an organ shall be recognized

collectively by citation and, upon request, the person or the person's family shall be

given a copy of the citation. The G overnor may establish an organ donor honor

board to collect the name of each person, subject to the person's consent, who

donates an organ in the Commonwealth during the year, and to recognize medical

professionals, educators, volunteers, public employees, and private organizations

that are involved with the organ donation process. Nothing in this section shall be

construed to require reporting of the name of any person involved with the organ

donation process or to supersede patient confidentiality protect ions established by

statute, the Board of Medical Licensure or other state entity, or the Federal Health

Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

(3) Education efforts are encouraged to focus on the importance of organ donation and

its significance wi th saving the lives of Kentuckians. The Cabinet for Health and

Family Services is encouraged to develop and circulate materials relating to organ

donation, including but not limited to:

(a) The benefits of living organ donation; and

(b) The impact of livin g organ donation on the access of a living organ donor to

insurance, including the protections set forth in KRS 304.12-087.