S 2625
106th Congress
Senate
Health
Accreditation (Medical care)
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Health information systems
Health planning
Law
Licenses
Performance measurement
Standards
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations.
Everywhere this bill has been
9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 8, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Jun 8, 2000
Received in the House.
Jun 8, 2000
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 7, 2000
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4718-4719; text: CR S4718-4719)
Jun 7, 2000
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4718-4719; text: CR S4718-4719)
Jun 7, 2000
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
May 24, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 24, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4389-4390)
May 24, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Public Health Service Act to add to the list of requirements to be met by qualified organ procurement organizations that an organization has been certified or recertified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services within the previous four-year period as meeting performance standards. Requires certification or recertification to be made through a process that either granted certification or recertification with such certification or recertification in effect as of January 1, 2000, and remaining in effect through the earlier of January 1, 2002, or the completion of recertification under regulations promulgated by the Secretary, or that is defined through regulations promulgated by January 1, 2002, that: (1) require recertifications of such organizations no more frequently than once every four years; (2) rely on outcome and process performance measures that are based on empirical evidence of organ donor potential and other related factors in each service area of such organizations; (3) use multiple outcome measures as part of the certification process; and (4) provide for a qualified organization to appeal a decertification to the Secretary on substantive and procedural grounds.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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