Bill
Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2023
passed, as at 2023-08-21. Health and Aged Care portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health and Aged Care
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-05-24
- second reading — 2023-05-24
- second reading — 2023-06-01
- second reading — 2023-06-01
- third reading — 2023-06-01
- introduced — 2023-06-13
- second reading — 2023-06-13
- second reading — 2023-08-10
- second reading — 2023-08-10
- third reading — 2023-08-10
- passed — 2023-08-10
- royal assent — 2023-08-21
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-05-24.
The bill would let more people share information about deceased organ donors and recipients.
It would allow the Organ and Tissue Authority, DonateLife agencies, grant recipients, and certain family members to publish or disclose that information without breaking state or territory laws.
The information could only be used for community awareness, education, and remembrance activities, and only by people the bill defines.
- Broadens who can disclose information about deceased donors and recipients.
- Adds an extended list of authorised family members who can give consent for disclosure.
- Restricts the disclosure to specific purposes and defined people.
The Organ and Tissue Authority, DonateLife agencies, grant recipients, and authorised family members of deceased donors or recipients.
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