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SCS/SB 1055 - This act requires the establishment of an umbilical cord blood bank at University of Missouri Health Care.

The Department of Health and Senior Services must establish a program at University of Missouri Health Care for the establishment of an umbilical cord blood bank for recipients of blood and blood components who are unrelated to the blood donor.

University of Missouri Health Care must agree to:

- Operate an unrelated bank at least until the 8th anniversary of the program;

- Gather, collect, and preserve umbilical cord blood only from live births; and

- Comply with financial and reporting requirements.

ERIN MOTLEY