Mo. lawmakers seek money for organ donor registry

Friday, January 28, 2011

Some Missouri lawmakers are looking to pump up the financial donations for the state's organ donor registry.

The donor registry is funded largely by $1 contributions made by people getting a driver's license or vehicle registration.

In 1999, the registry received more than $400,000. But contributions had fallen a little more than $140,000 last year.

Legislation pending before a House committee seeks to boost contributions by adding the organ donor registry as a check-off option on state income tax forms. Missouri already has 20 other tax form choices for contributions.

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MK 2 years, 3 months ago

I definitely can support this idea for raising money instead of mandating fees or raising taxes in order to fund it. If they can't raise the money through voluntary contributions than maybe they can find the funding from somewhere else within the budget or learn to do the best with what they have and live with that.

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