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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 953
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to carry out
programs to improve recovery rates for organs in eligible hospitals.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 8, 2001
Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. SPENCE, and Mr. CANTOR) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants
to carry out programs to improve recovery rates for
organs in eligible hospitals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Organ Coordination
Improvement Act’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM OF GRANTS RE-
GARDING HOSPITAL ORGAN DONATION CO-
ORDINATORS.
Part H of title III of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 273 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 374 the following section:
‘‘SEC. 374A. GRANTS REGARDING HOSPITAL ORGAN DONA-
TION COORDINATORS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make
grants to qualifying organ donation entities for the
purpose of assisting such entities in carrying out
programs to coordinate the activities of eligible hos-
pitals that relate to seeking organ donations, includ-
ing coordination with qualified organ procurement
organizations under section 371, in order to make
progress toward the goal of increasing the rate of
organ donation for the eligible hospitals with respect
to which such grants are made.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
HOSPITAL.—For purposes of
this section, an eligible hospital is a public or non-
profit private hospital that performs significant trau-
ma care, or a public or nonprofit private hospital or
consortium of such hospitals that serves a popu-
lation base of not fewer than 200,000 individuals.
‘‘(3) QUALIFYING ORGAN DONATION ENTITY.—
For purposes of this section, a qualifying organ do-
nation entity is—
‘‘(A) an eligible hospital; or
‘‘(B) a qualified organ procurement orga-
nization under section 371.
‘‘(b) PREFERENCE IN MAKING GRANTS.—In making
grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to an applicant if the Secretary determines that
the probable result of such a grant would be a significant
increase in the rate of organ donation for the eligible hos-
pital involved.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION
OF
COORDINATION
PRO-
GRAM.—A condition for the receipt of a grant under sub-
section (a) is that the applicant involved agree that the
program under such subsection will be carried out
jointly—
‘‘(1) by representatives from the eligible hos-
pital and the qualified organ procurement organiza-
tion with respect to which the grant is made; and
‘‘(2) by such other entities as the representa-
tives referred to in paragraph (1) may designate.
‘‘(d) EVALUATIONS; REPORT TO CONGRESS.—
‘‘(1) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary shall, di-
rectly or through contracts with public or private en-
tities, provide for annual evaluations of programs
carried out pursuant to subsection (a) in order to
determine the extent to which the programs have in-
creased the rate of organ donation for the eligible
hospitals involved.
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after
the date on which amounts are first appropriated
pursuant to subsection (e), and annually thereafter,
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of the Congress a report that summarizes
evaluations under paragraph (1).
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
For the purpose of carrying out this section, there
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002
through 2006.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the amounts appro-
priated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the
Secretary shall reserve 50 percent for grants under
subsection (a) to qualifying organ donation entities
described in paragraph (3)(A) of such subsection
and 50 percent for grants under subsection (a) to
qualifying organ donation entities described in para-
graph (3)(B) of such subsection.’’.
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