Donate Life New York State

Legislative advocacy provides educational information to lawmakers and pursues the introduction, enactment, or modification of legislation intended to increase organ, eye and tissue Donation in New York State. In 2022, Donate Life nys continued to meet with lawmakers virtually to educate them on important policy changes needed to ensure more lives were saved through Donation and transplant. We also served a valued source on the impact of the pandemic on organ and tissue Donation.

New York State Donate registry contract:donate Life nys continues to administer and promote the New York State Donate Life registry. In partnership with the nys department of health, Donate Life nys developed a fully modernized registry with a dedicated website.

Educational outreach, registry promotion, and collaboration:donate Life nys implemented statewide projects and programs to increase public awareness of the need for organ and tissue Donation and facilitate partnerships with organizations that may play a role in organ and tissue Donation through engagement and distribution of educational materials. In 2022, Donate Life nys continued to promote its registry partner program, which allows organizations to join in the statewide effort to raise awareness of organ and tissue Donation and increase enrollments in the New York State Donate Life registry. Prospective partners complete an online application on the donatelife.ny.gov website that is reviewed by Donate Life nys and approved by the nys department of health. Approved partners are given custom urls and/or embedded enrollment forms to be placed on their organizational promotional materials and websites. With these custom tools, they are able to report on aggregate data showing the number of enrollments garnered through their custom urls or embedded forms. Despite the continuation of pandemic related challenges, Donate Life nys found New and innovative ways to communicate and reach audiences to raise awareness of organ, eye and tissue Donation. We transitioned our communications to online platforms and were able to create New opportunities to engage stakeholders who are not normally able to be reached due to distance and logistics. Donate Life nys worked collaboratively with the Donation community in several forums including Donate Life america, the New York State transplant council and the unos region 9 collaborative.