3.0.0 5218 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z 2023-01-11T13:25:56Z House H HR 2014-07-28 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CLAY:H.R. 5218.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H6977]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2014-08-01T17:45:45Z Referred to 2014-07-28T16:00:34Z 2014-08-01 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2014-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2014-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-07-28 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 Civil actions and liability 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 2014-07-28 Introduced in House 2014-08-27T22:05:59Z Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center.

Requires the Center to: (1) advance the development, expansion, and evaluation of state organ donor registries; (2) facilitate timely exchange of donor information between state registries; and (3) maintain a clearinghouse for information on registry best practices.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states in order to develop, expand, or maintain state organ donor registries and establish benchmarks for improvement in organ donation. Requires a state registry that receives a grant to be accessible to individual donors and the Center.

Eliminates civil liability for a person taking an individual's organs as long as the person verified the individual's consent with a state organ donor registry.

Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the feasibility of establishing a database to track the health effects of living organ donation.]]> Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2014 Display Title Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2014 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 2014 Introduced in House 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr5218ih/xml/BILLS-113hr5218ih.xml 2014-08-01 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.