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Under this bill, hospitals and other health care facilities cannot prevent a patient from using their own pre-donated blood or blood donated by a person the patient has specifically chosen (called a "directed donor") for transfusions during their care, as long as the blood is collected following federal requirements. Exceptions apply when using the patient's chosen blood would be medically harmful, when there isn't enough time before a scheduled procedure to arrange it, when the situation is a medical emergency, or when the facility already has a process in place that allows patients to make this choice. Health care providers and facilities are protected from legal liability if a patient is harmed by using their own or their directed donor's blood, unless the provider was grossly negligent in handling the blood or performing the transfusion.