S 1873
106th Congress
Senate
Health
Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Communication in medicine
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Government Operations and Politics
Health information systems
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Law
Medicaid
Medicare
Rural hospitals
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax returns
Taxation
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
A bill to delay the effective date of the final rule regarding the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
Introduced: November 5, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 5, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Nov 5, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14090-14091)
Nov 5, 1999
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Declares that a specified final rule relating to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the equitable and medically effective allocation of organs for transplantation shall have no force or legal effect. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing or exercising further regulatory authority regarding the Network, as well as regulatory authority under specified provisions of the Social Security Act (SSA) (relating to general SSA regulations, disclosure of information, organ procurement, and general Medicare regulations), before the enactment of amendments to reauthorize and revise provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to organ transplants.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Committees of jurisdiction
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