LOST Organs Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5314
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-12-20
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Lost Opportunities to Supply Transplantable Organs Act of 2022 or the LOST Organs Act of 2022</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 publicly 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 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5314 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 20, 2022 Mr. Young (for himself and Mr. Cardin ) 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 2022 or the LOST Organs Act of 2022 . 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, .