LOST Organs Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2404
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-07-20
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Lost Opportunities to Supply Transplantable Organs Act of 2023 or the LOST Organs Act of </b><b>2023</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 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2404 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2023 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 2023 or the LOST Organs Act of 2023 . 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, potential corrective action, and potential recommendations for updates to the standards of quality and practice under subparagraph (E) to prevent organs from being lost, damaged, or delayed, .