Darlene's Law
Latest action · Jul 29, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 15, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Provides for an opt-in organ donation checkoff on income tax forms. Sets forth notice and disclosure requirements.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer the name and taxpayer identification number of individuals opting for organ donation to the Registry, exempting such disclosure from otherwise applicable prohibitions on the non-tax use of tax form information.
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to qualified organ procurement organizations to establish programs coordinating organ donation activities with hospitals to increase the rate of organ donation for such hospitals.
Directs the Secretary to establish an interagency task force on organ donation and research.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) award peer-reviewed grants for studies and demonstration projects to increase organ donation and recovery rates, including removing financial disincentives; (2) establish an organ donation public awareness program; (3) support model curricula in relevant issues; (4) develop scientific evidence to support increased donation and improve recovery, transportation, and preservation of organs and tissues; and (5) support research to develop a uniform vocabulary, apply information technology, and enhance the skills and technologies used in organ procurement.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 15, 2002 to Sep 26, 2002; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jul 15, 2002 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Original | Jul 15, 2002 |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Original | Jul 15, 2002 |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Original | Jul 15, 2002 |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Jim Turner | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Ken Bentsen | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Sep 26, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 15, 2002 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 29, 2002 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 15, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 15, 2002Introduced in House
- Jul 15, 2002Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the establishment of a National Organ Donor Registry, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Darlene's Law
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Checkoff
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Communication in medicine
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Curriculum planning
- Data banks
- Directories
- Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to medical research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Health
- Health education
- Higher education
- Hospitals
- Identification devices
- Income tax
- Information technology
- Informed consent (Medical law)
- Married people
- Medical personnel
- Medical research
- Medical technology
- Personal income tax
- Public service advertising
- Quality of care
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2002Introduced in House
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