LOST Organs Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3317
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-02-13
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records

Health care quality

Health information and medical records

Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Public-private cooperation

Tax-exempt organizations

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Lost Opportunities to Supply Transplantable Organs Act of 2020 or the LOST Organs Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to take specified actions related to the transportation of organs, including tracking and publically reporting the status of organs in the transplant supply chain. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network is a public-private partnership that links the professionals involved in the U.S. donation and transplantation system.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3317 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 13, 2020 Mr. Young (for himself, Mr. Cardin , and Mr. Van Hollen ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To improve the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lost Opportunities to Supply Transplantable Organs Act of 2020 or the LOST Organs Act of 2020 . 2. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Section 372(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 274(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E), by inserting and practice after quality ; (2) by moving subparagraphs (M) through (O) 2 ems to the left; (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) through (O) as subparagraphs (J) through (Q), respectively; and (4) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following: (H) track and publicly report, with redactions of personal identifiers of donors, waitlist candidates, and recipients, on the status of all organs in transport from organ procurement organizations to any location within the transplant supply chain, including transplant centers, (I) in the event that an organ is lost, damaged, or delayed in transport, establish an open and transparent process to determine cause, corrective action, and recommendations for updates to the standards of quality and practice under subparagraph (E) to prevent organs from being lost, damaged, or delayed, .