Colorado Senate committee extends organ and tissue donation fund indefinitely

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee approved an indefinite extension of the Emily Keyes – John W. Buckner Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Fund, which was set to expire in two years.

Buckner’s widow, former Sen. Janet Buckner, D-Aurora, was on hand for the committee’s unanimous decision. It was her first return to the Capitol since retiring in January.

Emily Keyes, for whom the fund was first named, was a high school student at Platte Canyon High School and was murdered by a 53-year-old gunman in 2006.

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