Patient-directed Blood Donations

Patient-directed Blood Donations; Creating the “Patient-Directed Blood Donation Act”; requiring blood banks to comply with a licensed physician’s order for an autologous or directed blood donation for a named patient, subject to certain conditions; authorizing blood banks and hospitals to charge a reasonable and necessary fee to cover administrative costs; requiring that all autologous and directed donations be collected, tested, stored, and transfused in accordance with certain laws and standards, etc.