H.R. 3471106th CongressHouse Bill

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to establish or operate…

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplantation.

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Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to establish or operate demonstration projects for increasing the supply of organs donated for human transplantation. Requires certain professional consultation. Allows such projects to establish appropriate financial incentives for organ donation, including the payment of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals making living donations. Requires such incentives to include one or more projects to provide payments for the purchase of life insurance policies or annuities, payable to a donor's designee. Requires the Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of such demonstration projects, and to report to Congress on project activities, evaluation results, and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004. Limits evaluation costs to five percent of authorized funds.

Introduced Nov 18, 1999
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James Greenwood

Republican

U.S. Representative · PA-8

Introduced solo — no cosponsors joined.

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