Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act
Latest action · Dec 8, 2003 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2003
- Passed SenateNov 25, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on November 24, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act - (Sec. 2) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should carry out programs to educate the public with respect to organ donation, including the need to provide for an adequate rate of donations. States that Congress: (1) acknowledges the importance of discussing organ and tissue donation as a family; (2) recognizes the contribution made by each living individual who has donated an organ; and (3) acknowledges the advances in medical technology that have enabled organ transplantation through living organ donors to become a viable treatment option.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States, transplant centers, qualified organ procurement organizations or other public or private entities for reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals toward making living organ donations. Authorizes FY 2004 through 2008 appropriations.
(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary to: (1) directly or through grants or contracts, establish a public education program to increase awareness about organ donation and the need to provide for an adequate rate of donations; and (2) support the development and dissemination of educational materials to inform health care professionals about organ, tissue, and eye donation issues, including those relating to patient, family, and cultural sensitivities.
Authorizes the Secretary to make: (1) peer reviewed grants or contracts to public and nonprofit private entities for studies and demonstration projects to increase organ donation and recovery rates, including living donation; and (2) grants to States for organ donor awareness, public education and outreach activities, and programs designed to increase the number of organ donors within the State, including living donors.
Authorizes additional FY 2004 through 2008 appropriations for such studies and grants.
Authorizes the Secretary to award matching grants to qualified organ procurement organizations and hospitals to establish programs coordinating organ donation activities of eligible hospitals and qualified organ procurement organizations. (Defines an eligible hospital as a hospital that performs significant trauma care, or a hospital or consortium of hospitals that serves a population base of not fewer than 200,000 individuals.) Requires a grantee to: (1) establish joint organ procurement organization and hospital designated leadership responsibility and accountability; (2) develop agreed upon project performance goals; and (3) collaboratively design and implement a data collection process to provide ongoing project feedback. Authorizes FY 2004 through 2008 appropriations.
(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to: (1) develop scientific evidence supporting increased donation and improved recovery, preservation, and transportation of donated organs; and (2) support efforts to develop a uniform clinical vocabulary and technology and to enhance the skills of the organ procurement workforce. Authorizes FY 2004 through 2008 appropriations.
(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary, by December 31, 2005, and biennially thereafter, to report on organ donation and recovery activities.
(Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to establish and maintain mechanisms to evaluate the long-term effects associated with living organ donations by individuals who have served as living donors.
(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate entities, including advocacy groups for populations that are likely to be disproportionately affected by proposals to increase cadaveric donation, to report on the ethical implications of such proposals.
(Sec. 9) Eliminates certain grant authority with respect to qualified organ procurement organizations.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2003 to Sep 25, 2003; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Mar 6, 2003 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Mar 6, 2003 |
| R-IL | Peter Fitzgerald | Apr 11, 2003 | |
| R-UT | Robert F. Bennett | Jul 10, 2003 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Sep 25, 2003 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2003Markup Nov 22, 2003Reported Nov 24, 2003 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2003Received in the House.
- Dec 8, 2003Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 8, 2003Held at the desk.
- Nov 25, 2003Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S16064-16068; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S16064-16067)
- Nov 24, 2003Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Gregg with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Nov 24, 2003Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 410.
- Nov 21, 2003Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 6, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Mar 6, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3329-3330)
- Mar 6, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3331-3333)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S16064–S16068Text printed S16064–S16067 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, Mitch McConnell R-KY, William H. Frist R-TN | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3329–S3333Text printed S3331–S3333 | Christopher J. Dodd D-CT, William H. Frist R-TN (text) | Mar 6, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 108-36 | ASSESSING INITIATIVES TO INCREASE ORGAN DONATIONS91 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 3, 2003 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 399 | Organ Donation Improvement Act of 2003 | Related bill | Mar 13, 2003 |
| HR 3926 | Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act | Related bill | Apr 5, 2004 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote organ donation, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Curricula
- Data banks
- Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Executive reorganization
- Eye care
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Hospital personnel
- Hospitals
- Information technology
- Informed consent (Medical law)
- Medical economics
- Medical education
- Medical ethics
- Medical research
- Medical technology
- Minorities
- Minority health
- Nursing education
- Paramedical personnel
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technology assessment
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Transportation and Public Works
- Trauma care
- Travel costs
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 25, 2003Engrossed in Senate
- Nov 24, 2003Reported to Senate
- Mar 6, 2003Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.