Hyderabad, March 24 -- The Telangana Assembly passed a resolution, adopting the Transplantation of Human Organs Act (Central Act 42), 1994 and Rules, 1995 (THOA), and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Act of 2011 (THOTA).

State health minister Damodar Raja Narasimha moved the resolution during the special session of the Assembly on Monday, March 24.

The Act regulates the removal, storage, and transplantation of human organs and tissues for therapeutic purposes, and prevents commercial dealings in them.Transplantation of organs like the heart, kidney, liver, and bone marrow, skin tissues, blood valves, heart valves form part of this Act.

THOTA enables the transplantation of organs from brain-dead people to the need...