[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 710 Engrossed in House (EH)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 710

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that criminal 
 penalties do not apply to paired donations of human kidneys, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ 
Donation Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT; AMENDMENT REGARDING PAIRED 
              DONATION OF HUMAN KIDNEYS.

    (a) In General.--Section 301(a) of the National Organ Transplant 
Act (42 U.S.C. 274e(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``The preceding sentence does not apply with respect to the paired 
donation of human kidneys.''.
    (b) Definition.--Section 301(c) of the National Organ Transplant 
Act (42 U.S.C. 274e(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) The term `paired donation of human kidneys' means the 
        donation and receipt of human kidneys under the following 
        circumstances:
                    ``(A) An individual (referred to in this paragraph 
                as the `first donor') desires to make a living donation 
                of a kidney specifically to a particular patient 
                (referred to in this paragraph as the `first patient'), 
                but such donor is biologically incompatible as a donor 
                for such patient.
                    ``(B) A second individual (referred to in this 
                paragraph as the `second donor') desires to make a 
                living donation of a kidney specifically to a second 
                particular patient (referred to in this paragraph as 
                the `second patient'), but such donor is biologically 
                incompatible as a donor for such patient.
                    ``(C) Subject to subparagraph (D), the first donor 
                is biologically compatible as a donor of a kidney for 
                the second patient, and the second donor is 
                biologically compatible as a donor of a kidney for the 
                first patient.
                    ``(D) If there is any additional donor-patient pair 
                as described in subparagraph (A) or (B), each donor in 
                the group of donor-patient pairs is biologically 
                compatible as a donor of a kidney for a patient in such 
                group.
                    ``(E) All donors and patients in the group of 
                donor-patient pairs (whether two pairs or more than two 
                pairs) enter into a single agreement to donate and 
                receive such kidneys, respectively, according to such 
                biological compatibility in the group.
                    ``(F) Other than as described in subparagraph (E), 
                no valuable consideration is knowingly acquired, 
                received, or otherwise transferred with respect to the 
                kidneys referred to in such subparagraph.''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE AND 
              QUALITY INITIATIVE FUND.

    Section 1848(l)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
4(l)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``In addition, there shall be available to the Fund 
        for expenditures during 2009 an amount equal to $30,000,000 and 
        for expenditures during or after 2013 an amount equal to 
        $470,000,000.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``furnished during 
                2008'';
                    (B) by striking ``specified in subparagraph (A)'' 
                and inserting ``specified in the first sentence of 
                subparagraph (A)''; and
                    (C) by inserting after ``furnished during 2008'' 
                the following: ``and for the obligation of the entire 
                first amount specified in the second sentence of such 
                subparagraph for payment with respect to physicians' 
                services furnished during 2009 and of the entire second 
                amount so specified for payment with respect to 
                physicians' services furnished on or after January 1, 
                2013''.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 7, 2007.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 710

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

  To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that criminal 
 penalties do not apply to paired donations of human kidneys, and for 
                            other purposes.