KRS 311.1947: Statewide electronic registry for organ and tissue donations --

Collaboration among agencies -- Strategies for operation.

(1) Contingent upon the availability of funding, the Cabinet for Health and Family

Services shall facilitate the establ ishment of a statewide electronic registry for

organ and tissue donation for transplantation, therapy, education, and research for

the advancement of donation and transplantation science. The cabinet may contract

with a public or private nonprofit entity t o perform gatekeeper functions of the

registry that include but are not limited to the operation, maintenance, privacy, and

security of the registry.

(2) An ongoing collaboration shall be established among the Transportation Cabinet,

the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks

Trust for Life, the Kentucky Hospital Association, the Kentucky Medical

Association, and the federally certified organ and tissue procurement organizations

that operate in Kentucky to develop strategi es for the operation of the registry.

Strategies shall include but not be limited to:

(a) Donor designation at the time of application or renewal of a driver's license;

(b) Donor designation at the time of application or renewal of a state

identification card;

(c) Donor designation on the Commonwealth's single sign-on system;

(d) Other online registration as a donor;

(e) Removal or exit from the registry;

(f) Timely access to the registry by relevant parties in accordance with federal

laws and regulations r elating to organ and tissue donation and procurement

for transplantation purposes; and

(g) Evaluation of the effectiveness of the registry.

(3) The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter

13A to implement the provisions of this section.