98th Congress > House > Vote 726
Description: TO PASS H.R. 5580, A BILL AMENDING THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO AUTHORIZE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS. (MOTION PASSED)
Bill summary: (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #254 (396-6))
Title I: Organ Procurement Activities
- Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the planning of qualified organ procurement organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the establishment, initial operation, and expansion of qualified organ procurement organizations. Sets forth eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through
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1990.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a United States Transplantation Network to provide a central registry linking donors and potential recipients; (2) establish and maintain an organ recipient registry; (3) maintain an identifiable unit in the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate Federal organ transplant programs and policies; and (4) publish an annual report on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation.
Directs the Secretary to establish a Task Force on Organ Transplantation. Requires such Task Force to: (1) conduct a national conference within six months; and (2) report to the Secretary. Terminates the Task Force 12 months after such report is submitted.
Requires the Secretary to make immunosuppressive drugs available, upon request and without cost, to transplant centers for use on an outpatient basis by individuals who have received an organ transplant at such centers. Defines "transplant center" to include centers which have performed at least 25 transplants in any fiscal year, or, in a State not having such a qualifying center, at least 15 such operations.
Requires such centers to furnish such drugs to its outpatients on the basis of the center's determination of the patient's need and the patient's inability to pay for them through insurance coverage or other resources.
Requires the Comptroller General to report annually to Congress concerning the allocation of such drugs.
Requires the Secretary to submit a recommendation to Congress by October 1, 1985, concerning the feasibility and desirability of authorizing reimbursements under title XVIII of the Social Security Act for immunosuppressive drugs on an outpatient basis by individuals who have received organ transplants.
Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a registry of volunteer donors of bone marrow within 12 months; (2) assure the confidentiality and informed consent of such persons; and (3) evaluate how such registry is functioning and whether a permanent registry should be established, and report to the appropriate congressional committees within two years after such registry is established.
Title II: Prohibition of Organ Purchases
- Prohibits the purchase or sale of human organs if such transfer affects interstate or foreign commerce. Establishes criminal penalties for such violations.
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Bill titles: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations, and for other purposes.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 86, p. 6252;
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