3.0.0 3071 2023-01-11T13:18:44Z 2023-01-11T13:18:44Z House H HR 2009-06-26 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-07-07T14:33:34Z Referred to 2009-06-26T13:04:49Z Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2009 111 1463 S 2009-07-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2009-07-07 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-06-26 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 N Health Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Right of privacy Health 00 2009-06-26 Introduced in House 2009-09-28T17:55:50Z Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center, which shall: (1) advance the development, expansion, and evaluation of state organ and tissue donor registries; (2) facilitate timely access to, and the exchange of accurate donor information between, such registries; (3) ensure that registries funded through this Act comply with applicable requirements; (4) provide technical assistance to states for such registries; and (5) maintain a registry information clearinghouse to collect, synthesize, and disseminate best practices information.

Requires the Secretary to award grants or cooperative agreements to states for the development, enhancement, expansion, and evaluation of organ and tissue donor registries. Sets forth requirements for registries, including that such registries: (1) allow a donor to include a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift; (2) allow organ procurement organizations to access that information, at or near the donor's death; and (3) bar the use or disclosure of personally identifiable information for any other purpose without the donor's consent.

Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing a living donor database to track health effects for donors associated with living organ donation.

]]> Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2009 Display Title Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center, to authorize grants for State organ and tissue donor registries, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3071ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3071ih.xml 2009-07-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.