A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations, and for other purposes.

Summary

Title I: Organ Procurement Activities - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the planning of qualified organ procurement organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the establishment, initial operation, and expansion of qualified organ procurement organizations. Sets forth eligibility criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a United States Transplantation Network to provide a central registry linking donors and potential recipients; (2) establish and maintain an organ recipient registry; (3) maintain an identifiable unit in the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate Federal organ transplant programs and policies; and (4) publish an annual report on the scientific and clinical status of organ transplantation. Directs the Secretary to establish a Task Force on Organ Transplantation. Requires such Task Force to: (1) conduct a national conference within six months; and (2) report to the Secretary. Terminates the Task Force 12 months after such report is submitted. Requires the Secretary to make immunosuppressive drugs available, upon request and without cost, to transplant centers for use on an outpatient basis by individuals who have received an organ transplant at such centers. Requires such centers to furnish such drugs to its outpatients on the basis of the center's determination of the patient's need and the patient's inability to pay for them through insurance coverage or other resources. Requires the Comptroller General to report annually to Congress concerning the allocation of such drugs. Requires the Secretary to submit a recommendation to Congress by October 1, 1985, concerning the feasibility and desirability of authorizing reimbursements under title XVIII of the Social Security Act for immunosuppressive drugs on an outpatient basis by individuals who have received organ transplants. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1986. Title II: Prohibition of Organ Purchases - Prohibits the purchase or sale of human organs if such transfer affects commerce. Establishes criminal penalties for such violations.

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Timeline

1. 3 May 1984

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 May 1984

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 3 May 1984

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 9 May 1984

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported.

   Source: Committee

5. 9 May 1984

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

6. 15 May 1984

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 444.

   Source: Calendars

7. 15 May 1984

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 98-769.

   Source: Committee

8. 15 May 1984

   Reported

   Reported to House by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 98-769.

   Source: Committee

9. 22 May 1984

   Reported

   Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.507 Reported to House.

   Source: Floor

10. 22 May 1984

    Floor

    Rule Granted Providing an Open Rule with 1 Hour of Debate.

    Source: Floor

11. 20 June 1984

    Floor

    Called up by House by Rule.

    Source: Floor

12. 20 June 1984

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

13. 21 June 1984

    Floor

    Laid on Table in House by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

14. 21 June 1984

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 396 - 6 (Record Vote No: 254).

    Source: Floor

15. 21 June 1984

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 396 - 6 (Record Vote No: 254).

    Source: Floor

16. 21 June 1984

    Passed

    House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 21 June 1984

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 May 1984

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Sponsors

• Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Madigan, Edward R. [R-IL-15] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Leland, Mickey [D-TX-18] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Luken, Thomas A. [D-OH-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Lundine, Stanley N. [D-NY-34] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Young, Robert A. [D-MO-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Carney, William [R-NY-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. McGrath, Raymond J. [R-NY-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Barnes, Michael D. [D-MD-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Byron, Beverly B. [D-MD-6] · D · Sponsor

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• related to → National Organ Transplant Act
• related to → A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations, and for other purposes.
• related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5580) to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize financial assistance for organ procurement organizations, and for other purposes.
• amends ← An amendment to provide for a Bone Marrow Registry demonstration and study. The amendment directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a bone marrow registry of voluntary donors of bone marrow. The registry is to be confidential and must be established within 12 months of passage of the bill. A study is to be made of the registry to determine if it is needed and appropriate. The study is to be presented to Congress within two years of establishment of the registry.
• amends ← An amendment to change a task of the U.S. Transplantation Network from "establish and maintain" standards quality for acquisition and transportation of donated organs to "adopt and use" such standards.
• amends ← An amendment to add to the required activities of the organ procurement organization the task of identifying potential tissue donors as well as organ donors. The amendment also requires coordination with tissue banks unless "such activities can be more effectively performed by the organ procurement organization itself".
• amends ← An amendment to change the requirements that make a medical center eligible for free immunosuppresive drugs. Under the bill only centers that perform 25 or more of specified types of transplants are eligible. This amendment provides that in states that do not have facilities that meet such requirements, facilities that perform 15 or more such transplants shall be eligible.
• amends ← An substutite amendment to reduce authorization for grants to organ procurement organizations to $5 million per year and to limit it to fiscal years 1985 throught 1987. It eliminates funding for immunosuppressive drugs and eliminates the requirement that a specific administrative unit be established to coordinate transplant related activities.