[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6469 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                       October 2 (legislative day, September 17), 2008.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
6469) entitled ``An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
authorize increased Federal funding for the Organ Procurement and 
Transplantation Network.'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
      following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ 
Transplant Authorization Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION 
              NETWORK.

    Section 372(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274(a)) 
is amended by striking ``$2,000,000'' and inserting ``$7,000,000''.

SEC. 3. REPORT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
request that the Executive Director of the Organ Procurement and 
Transplantation Network submit to Congress, not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, a report that shall include--
            (1) the identity of transplant programs that have become 
        inactive or have closed since the heart allocation policy 
        change of 2006;
            (2) the distance to the next closest operational heart 
        transplant center from such inactivated or closed programs and 
        an evaluation of whether or not access to care has been reduced 
        to the population previously serviced by such inactive or 
        closed program;
            (3) the number of patients with rural zip codes that 
        received transplants after the heart allocation policy change 
        of 2006 as compared with the number of such patients that 
        received such transplants prior to such heart allocation policy 
        change;
            (4) a comparison of the number of transplants performed, 
        the mortality rate for individuals on the transplant waiting 
        lists, and the post-transplant survival rate nationally and by 
        region prior to and after the heart allocation policy change of 
        2006; and
            (5) specifically with respect to allosensitized patients, a 
        comparison of the number of heart transplants performed, the 
        mortality rate for individuals on the heart transplant waiting 
        lists, and the post heart transplant survival rate nationally 
        and by region prior to and after the heart allocation policy 
        change of 2006.
    (b) Limitation on Funding.--The increase provided for in the 
amendment made by section 2 shall not apply with respect to contracts 
entered into under section 372(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 274(a)) after the date that is 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act if the Executive Director of the Organ 
Procurement and Transplantation Network fails to submit the report 
under subsection (a).

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H.R. 6469

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                               AMENDMENT