Peter Kormos Memorial Act (Saving Organs to Save Lives), 2025
Sponsored by Gélinas, France · First Reading Ordered for Second Reading
- Changes organ and tissue donation from opt-in consent to a presumed consent (opt-out) system after death
- People 16 or older can object to tissue removal before death, in writing, orally with witnesses, or by recorded message
- Parents or guardians must consent on behalf of children under 16 before tissue can be removed after death
- Family members, in a set order (spouse, children, parents, siblings, next of kin), can object on behalf of someone who died without objecting
- Hospitals and other designated facilities must notify Ontario Health when a patient dies or death is imminent
- Ontario Health must create and maintain a registry recording people's objections or consents to tissue removal
- Ontario Health's role expands to plan, coordinate and support tissue removal, donation and transplant activities