Organ and tissue donor registry: driver's license information.

The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act authorizes specified state organ procurement organizations to establish a not-for-profit entity designated the California Organ and Tissue Donor Registrar, and requires that entity to establish and maintain the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. The act requires the registrar to submit an annual written report to the State Public Health Officer and the Legislature with specified information, including the general characteristics of donors as may be determined by information provided on donor registry forms. Existing law authorizes a business to swipe a driver's license or identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles in any electronic device for prescribed verification and informational purposes. Existing law prohibits a business that swipes a driver's license or identification card in an electronic device from maintaining or using that information for any other purpose. A violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would authorize an organ procurement organization, as defined, to swipe a driver's license or identification card to transmit information to the registry described above for the purpose of allowing an individual to identify himself or herself as a registered organ donor, subject to a specified procedure. The bill would require that information gathered or transmitted pursuant to this authorization comply with the Department of Motor Vehicles Information Security Agreement. The bill would revise the reference to general characteristics of donors, described above, to instead refer to the nonidentifiable information, as specified, of donors and would require the registrar's annual report to include the nonidentifiable information of donors as may be determined by information transmitted to the registry, as specified. By expanding the types of information that a business may obtain, the unauthorized retention or use of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.