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TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senator Nicholas P. Scutari, to require organ donation information to be put in public colleges and universities as a way to increase the number of donors in the State, was approved by the Senate Education Committee today.

“Dissemination of accurate information as well as the need for organ donation can lead to a greater number of donors,” said Senator Scutari, D-Middlesex, Somerset, and Union. “Every day, an average of 17 people who are waiting for organs in the United States die because no organs can be found for them. This means 6,000 people a year die waiting for organ transplants.”