HR 5224
107th Congress
House
Health
Annuities
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Costs
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Economics and Public Finance
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Finance and Financial Sector
Grants-in-aid
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Life insurance
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects to increase the supply of organs donated for human transplantation.
Introduced: July 25, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 29, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 25, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 25, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
Limits evaluation costs to five percent of authorized funds.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1