3.0.0 1435 2023-01-11T13:31:04Z 2023-01-11T13:31:04Z Senate S 2015-05-21 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-21T19:31:41Z 2015-05-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-05-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N Health Congressional tributes Government studies and investigations Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Health 00 2015-05-21 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-13T19:08:10Z Organ Donation Awareness and Promotion Act of 2015

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal government should carry out programs to educate the public with respect to organ donation, and (2) organ and tissue donors should be honored.

The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the appropriation of specified amounts for FY2015-FY2019 for: (1) the Organ Donation Public Awareness Program; (2) studies and demonstration projects to increase organ donation and recovery rates; (3) grants to assist states in carrying out organ donor awareness, public education, and outreach activities and programs designed to increase the number of organ donors within the state; and (4) support for the development and dissemination of educational materials to inform health care and other appropriate professionals in issues surrounding organ, tissue, and eye donation.

]]> Organ Donation Awareness and Promotion Act of 2015 Display Title Organ Donation Awareness and Promotion Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote awareness of organ donation and the need to increase the pool of available organs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Organ Donation Awareness and Promotion Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1435is/xml/BILLS-114s1435is.xml 2015-05-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.