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[H.R. 6469 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.6469

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize increased Federal 
     funding for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

    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 ``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).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.