OPTN Fee Collection Authority Act
This bill authorizes the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to collect registration fees from hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and transplant centers that are members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). It requires these fees - charged per transplant candidate - to fund only OPTN operations, with strict transparency rules requiring public posting of fee amounts and how they're spent. The bill also adds new requirements for electronic health record integration, a public dashboard tracking transplant statistics, and HIPAA privacy compliance. These fees expire after five years unless renewed by Congress.
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Introduction
Dec 2024
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Introduced Dec 5, 2024
Last action Dec 5, 2024
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Dec 5, 2024
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Dec 5, 2024
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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