Monthly Archives: March 2010

March 26th Radio Commentary

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You Must Decide: To Be an Organ Donor or Not

Radio Commentary, WMVV 90.7 New Life FM, March 26, 2010
By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. Until 2008, people were not presumed to be organ donors, unless they specifically said they would donate all or part of their body to science or to another person. But in 2008 that law was reversed. Now, Georgia’s organ donor law is based on “presumptive consent,” meaning everyone is presumed to be an organ donor, unless a refusal document has been left with a will or verbal instructions were made with a witness present.

But, there’s a dark side to the organ donor business and it’s about money. In 2006 seven funeral home directors in New York City and Rochester had a scheme to plunder bodies and sell their bones and tissue for transplants. The names of the funeral directors involved were withheld, but all seven agreed to cooperate in the investigation.
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March 26 Newsletter UPDATE

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Preserve Individual Freedom
to Choose A Health Care Plan

S.B. 317 provides that no law or rule or regulation shall compel any person, employee, or health care provider to participate in any health care system. Also, it authorizes individuals and employers to pay directly for legal health care services without penalty or fine and allows the provider to receive direct payment. It does not affect the (a) services a health care provider or hospital must perform or provide or (b) health care provided under workers’ compensation. It passed the Senate 31 – 16 on March 17th and is in the House.

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Urgent ACTION ALERT

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News Flash!

Action required on S.B. 385 early Wednesday morning.

Contact your senator and ask him to vote YES on S.B. 385, which is scheduled to be on the Senate floor tomorrow, Wednesday, March 24th. S.B. 385 rewards local law enforcement for identifying state inmates who are illegal aliens. Those that use Secure Communities strategies will receive 10 percent more than their regular funding. Using 287(g) would add 20 percent more to their regular funding.

March 26, 2010 Newsletter

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Urgent: Action Needed in Georgia House
Do-Or-Die for Microchip Bill

S.B. 235, introduced by Senator Chip Pearson the latter part of the 2009 session, started in the Senate the same bill that remains blocked in the House. It’s a bill requiring personal consent before a microchip could be implanted in that person. His intent was to introduce the bill in 2009, so he could work it through the system early this year, which he did. It passed the Senate 47 – 2 on February 4th. Although it requires personal permission for a human to be implanted with a microchip, it does not prevent voluntary implantation for those choosing implants.

Interestingly, when a microchip bill reached the House floor in 2008, I asked Representative Austin Scott to vote for it. Instead of agreeing to vote for it, he explained this to me, “I won’t vote for any bill that says I can’t microchip my children!” However, under the personal permission concept, parental authority over minors would allow parents to have minor children implanted with a microchip, just as parents now authorize other surgeries for minor children.

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