[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 955 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 955

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Living 
                         Organ Donor Registry.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2001

  Mr. Inslee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Living 
                         Organ Donor Registry.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Organ Donor Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM FOR LIVING ORGAN DONOR REGISTRY.

    Part H of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 273 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 372 the following 
section:

                     ``living organ donor registry

    ``Sec. 372A. (a) In General.--The Secretary shall by contract 
establish and maintain a National Living Organ Donor Registry (referred 
to in this section as the `Donor Registry') for the purpose of 
increasing the number of transplants for recipients suitably matched to 
biologically unrelated individuals who are willing to be living donors 
of organs.
    ``(b) Administration of Registry.--The Donor Registry shall be 
under the general supervision of the Secretary, and under the direction 
of a board of directors that includes representatives of patients, 
living organ donors, recipients of living organ donations, transplant 
centers, and such other individuals as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate.
    ``(c) Functions.--The Registry shall--
            ``(1) establish a system for finding living organ donors 
        suitably matched to unrelated recipients for organ 
        transplantation;
            ``(2) carry out a program for the recruitment of living 
        organ donors;
            ``(3) carry out informational and educational activities;
            ``(4) annually update information to account for changes in 
        the status of individuals as potential living organ donors;
            ``(5) provide for a system of patient advocacy, and provide 
        case management services for patients; and
            ``(6) provide for a system of donor advocacy (separate from 
        the system for patient advocacy), and provide case management 
        services for living organ donors and for potential such donors 
        to whom the Donor Registry has provided a notice that the 
        potential donor may be suitably matched to a particular 
        patient.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2006.''.
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