North Carolina would promote marrow donation and let drivers share interest

North Carolina would designate November each year as Marrow Donation Awareness Month. The designation would apply across North Carolina. The designation would apply each November.

Drivers ages 18 to 40 could indicate their intention to become marrow donors when applying for or renewing a license. The option would apply to people ages 18 to 40 applying for or renewing a North Carolina drivers license. Applicants who indicate that intent would have to give written consent before the Division of Motor Vehicles shares their identifying and contact information with the National Marrow Donor Program. The program could contact them to help them enroll; indicating intent would not itself enroll them. This provision would take effect when the act becomes law. The Division of Motor Vehicles would have to adopt rules by July 1, 2028.

The Department of Health and Human Services would post donation information online, and the Department of Motor Vehicles would link to it and show it on office monitors. The information would be available on the health department website, linked from the motor vehicle department website, and shown at drivers license offices across the state. The information would have to be medically accurate and sufficient to help people decide whether to join a local or national marrow donor registry. Unless otherwise provided, these requirements would take effect July 1, 2026.

The state would set aside $100,000 for a public awareness campaign about Marrow Donation Awareness Month. The funding is for a state health department campaign about marrow donation awareness. The money would come from the General Fund and go to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, for the campaign. The one-time funding would be for the 2026–2027 fiscal year.