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AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN 'OPT-OUT' SYSTEM OF ORGAN DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7170 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'ORGAN DONATION ACT OF 1991,' PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO HEALTH, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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ORGAN DONATION ACT OF 2018
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November 14, 2018
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35
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Entitled: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ‘OPT-OUT’ SYSTEM OF ORGAN DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7170 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘ORGAN DONATION ACT OF 1991,’ PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO HEALTH, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2018 ] 11/14/2018 Introduced by Senator RICHARD J. GORDON; 11/19/2018 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY; and FINANCE; [ 2019 ] 1/21/2019 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY and FINANCE per Committee Report No. 553, recommending that it be substituted by SBN-2165; 1/22/2019 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 1/22/2019 SUBSTITUTED BY SBN-2165 UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 553. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, SBN-2096 with pertinent documents transmitted to the Archives for safekeeping and preservation on November 18, 2020) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)