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April 17, 2001: HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson launched
a new national initiative to encourage and enable Americans to "Donate the Gift
of Life." Initial steps in the campaign included the launch of a national "Workplace
Partnership for Life," in which employers, unions and other employee organizations
will join in a nationwide network to promote donation, and the release of a model
organ and tissue donor card, incorporating proven elements from today's donor
cards. As part of the campaign the Secretary also announced that HHS plans to
study of existing donor registries and to organize a national forum on the potential
of registries, to create a national Gift of Life medal recognizing all families
who consent to donation, and to create a model curriculum on donation for use
in driver education courses, to be offered to states and counties nationwide.
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