§ 4310. New York state donate life registry for organ, eye and tissue\ndonations. 1. The department shall establish an organ, eye, and tissue\ndonor registry, which shall be called and be referred to as the "donate\nlife registry", which shall provide a means to make and register a gift\nof organs, eyes and tissues to take place after death pursuant to this\narticle. The donate life registry shall contain a listing of all donors\nwho have declared their consent to make an anatomical gift.\n 2. The commissioner may enter into a multi-year contract for the\noperation and promotion of the donate life registry subject to such\nterms and conditions as may be contained within such contract with a\nnot-for-profit organization that has experience working with organ, eye\nand tissue procurement organizations, has expertise in conducting organ,\neye and tissue donor promotional campaigns, and is affiliated with the\norgan, eye and tissue donation community throughout the state. The\ncontractor may subcontract as needed for the effective performance of\nthe contract. All such subcontractors and the terms of such subcontracts\nshall be subject to approval by the commissioner. Any applicable state\nagency, including, but not limited to, the department, the department of\nmotor vehicles and the board of elections, shall cooperate in the\ncollection and transfer of registrant data to the donate life registry.\n 3. The duties of the contractor shall include, but not be limited to,\nthe following:\n (a) the development, implementation and maintenance of the donate life\nregistry that includes online, mailed and other forms of organ, eye and\ntissue donor registration, verification, amendment and revocation;\n (b) preparation and submission of a plan to encourage organ, eye and\ntissue donation through education and marketing efforts and other\nrecommendations that would streamline and enhance the cost-effective\noperation of the donate life registry;\n (c) provision of written or electronic notification of registration in\nthe donate life registry to an individual enrolling in the donate life\nregistry; provided, however, that written in-person or electronic\nnotifications shall be utilized wherever possible as methods for\nfulfillment of the purposes of this paragraph; and\n (d) preparation and submission of an annual written report to the\ndepartment. Such report shall include:\n (i) a performance matrix including the number of registrants on the\ndonate life registry and an analysis of the registration rates,\nincluding but not limited to, location, method of registration,\ndemographic, and state comparisons;\n (ii) the characteristics of registrants as determined from the donate\nlife registry information;\n (iii) the annual dollar amount of voluntary contributions received by\nthe contractor for the purposes of maintaining the donate life registry\nand/or educational and promotional campaigns and initiatives;\n (iv) a description of the promotional campaigns and initiatives\nimplemented during the year; and\n (v) accounting statements of expenditures for the purposes of\nmaintaining the donate life registry and promotional campaigns and\ninitiatives.\n 4. (a) For the period April first, two thousand fourteen through March\nthirty-first, two thousand fifteen, payments to the contractor shall be\npaid by the department.\n (b) For the period beginning April first, two thousand fifteen and\nthereafter, payments to the contractor shall be paid by the department\nfrom funds available for these purposes, including, but not limited to,\nthe funds deposited into the life pass it on trust fund pursuant to\nsection ninety-five-d of the state finance law.\n (c) In addition, the contractor may receive and use voluntary\ncontributions.\n 5. * (a) Such organ, eye and tissue registration of consent to make an\nanatomical gift can be made through: (i) indication made on the\napplication or renewal form of a driver's license, (ii) indication
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