[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3317 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3317

 To improve the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation 
                                Network.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2020

Mr. Young (for himself, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the operation of 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 ``Lost Opportunities to Supply 
Transplantable Organs Act of 2020'' or the ``LOST Organs Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK.

    Section 372(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
274(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``and practice'' 
        after ``quality'';
            (2) by moving subparagraphs (M) through (O) 2 ems to the 
        left;
            (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) through (O) as 
        subparagraphs (J) through (Q), respectively; and
            (4) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:
            ``(H) track and publicly report, with redactions of 
        personal identifiers of donors, waitlist candidates, and 
        recipients, on the status of all organs in transport from organ 
        procurement organizations to any location within the transplant 
        supply chain, including transplant centers,
            ``(I) in the event that an organ is lost, damaged, or 
        delayed in transport, establish an open and transparent process 
        to determine cause, corrective action, and recommendations for 
        updates to the standards of quality and practice under 
        subparagraph (E) to prevent organs from being lost, damaged, or 
        delayed,''.
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