To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a preference, in the allocation of donated organs, for individuals who are lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5518
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2018-04-13
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records

Immigration status and procedures

Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires organ procurement organizations&nbsp;to give&nbsp;preference, when allocating donated organs, to&nbsp;individuals who are lawfully present in the United States over individuals who are not lawfully present.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5518 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 2018 Mr. Posey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a preference, in the allocation of donated organs, for individuals who are lawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Preference for lawfully present individuals in the allocation of donated organs (a) Organ Procurement Organizations Subparagraph (E) of section 371(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 273(b)(3) ) is amended to read as follows: (E) have a system to allocate donated organs equitably among transplant patients according to established medical criteria and, in so allocating donated organs, give preference to individuals who are lawfully present in the United States over individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States, . (b) Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Section 372(b)(2)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 274(b)(2)(B) ) is amended to read as follows: (B) establish membership criteria and medical criteria for allocating organs, provide to members of the public an opportunity to comment with respect to such criteria, and include in such criteria a preference for allocating donated organs to individuals who are lawfully present in the United States over individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States, .