[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 161 (Friday, October 3, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H10807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES ORGAN TRANSPLANT AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2008

  Ms. DeGETTE. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 6469) to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to authorize increased Federal funding for the Organ Procurement 
and Transplantation Network, with a Senate amendment thereto, and ask 
for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.


                     Motion Offered by Ms. De Gette

  Ms. DeGETTE. Madam Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Ms. DeGette moves that the House concur in the Senate 
     amendment to H.R. 6469.
  The text of the Senate amendment is as follows:

       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).

  The motion was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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