Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 475-S.F.No. 1849
           An act relating to crimes; prohibiting the purchase or 
          sale of human organs; amending Minnesota Statutes 
          1982, section 145.422, subdivision 3. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 145.422, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  Whoever shall buy buys or sell sells a living 
human conceptus shall be or nonrenewable organ of the body is 
guilty of a gross misdemeanor, provided that.  Nothing herein 
shall prohibit in this subdivision prohibits (1) the buying and 
selling of a cell culture line or lines taken from a non-living 
human conceptus; (2) payments for reasonable expenses associated 
with the removal, storage, and transportation of a human organ, 
including payments made to or on behalf of a living organ donor 
for actual expenses such as medical costs, lost income, or 
travel expenses that are incurred as a direct result of the 
donation of the nonrenewable organ; or (3) financial assistance 
payments provided under insurance and medicare reimbursement 
programs. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 applies to crimes occurring on or after August 1, 
1984. 
    Approved April 25, 1984