Bipartisan bill honors Rockland County organ donation advocate Lauren Shields

The newly introduced legislation is called the Lauren Shields Organ Donation Act. It honors the life and legacy of Rockland County native Lauren Shields. Lauren was a double transplant recipient and spent her life advocating for organ donation. She passed away in June at the age of 26 as she waited for a new kidney. Lauren was an amazing young lady. She was an advocate. She was just a beautiful soul. She inspired Lauren's Law, requiring New Yorkers to answer a question about organ donation when applying for a license. That really changed so much about the number of enrolled donors in New York State. Her advocacy work in that area was really, really something else. And this new legislation would build on her work by making the organ donor registration more accessible to Americans nationwide. and Thursday's event at Westchester Medical Center showed that no matter what side of the political aisle you're on, everyone can come together when it has to do with potentially saving a life through organ donation. If you don't ask, you don't receive. The objective is to put this question to the American people over and over and over again until they say yes. It'll just make it easier when people register for anything federally, a passport, buying your taxes, applying for Social Security, Medicare, or Veterans Benefit, you'll get the chance to check Lauren's mother says she knows Lauren would back this legislation 100%. Reporting from Westchester Medical Center in Westchester County, Jackie Gillis, News 12.