Plasma Donation Awareness Act

Bill: 116-s-4179
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-07-02
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health promotion and preventive care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Plasma Donation Awareness Act</b></p> <p>This bill includes plasma donation within the scope of a public awareness campaign by the Department of Health and Human Services concerning the importance of the blood supply and the need for blood donations during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4179 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 2, 2020 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Wicker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To update the blood donation public awareness campaign of the Department of Health and Human Services to include public awareness on plasma donation.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Plasma Donation Awareness Act . 2. Importance of the blood and plasma supply (a) In general Section 3226 of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by inserting and plasma after blood ; and (2) by inserting and plasma after blood each time such term appears. (b) Conforming amendment The item relating to section 3226 in the table of contents in section 2 of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) is amended to read as follows: Sec. 3226. Importance of the blood and plasma supply. .