S 2455
99th Congress
Senate
Health
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Health facilities
Hospitals
State laws
States
Surgery
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
A bill entitled the National Organ and Tissue Donor Act.
Introduced: May 15, 1986
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 1986
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
May 15, 1986
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage and assist States in enacting and implementing State laws requiring hospitals to establish protocols for identifying and assisting potential human organ and tissue donors.
Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year on such activities.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1