42 U.S.C. § 274c — Administration

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 98-507 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 158 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must maintain a dedicated administrative unit in the Public Health Service. That unit runs this part, coordinates with Medicare's organ procurement rules, educates the public about organ donation, gives technical help to organ procurement organizations and the Network, and informs patients and families about transplant options and costs.

The Secretary must set up and keep an identifiable administrative unit inside the Public Health Service. That unit must: (1) run this part and coordinate with organ procurement activities under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (the Medicare law); (2) run a public information program to teach the public about the need for organ donations; (3) give technical help to organ procurement organizations, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network under section 274, and other health care entities involved in organ donation, procurement, and transplants; and (4) provide information to patients, their families, and their doctors about transplantation — including information about resources available nationally and in each state, and about the comparative costs and outcomes at each affiliated transplant center, to help patients and families with transplant costs.

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The Secretary shall designate and maintain an identifiable administrative unit in the Public Health Service to—

(1)

administer this part and coordinate with the organ procurement activities under title XVIII of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.];

(2)

conduct a program of public information to inform the public of the need for organ donations;

(3)

provide technical assistance to organ procurement organizations, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network established under section 274 of this title, and other entities in the health care system involved in organ donations, procurement, and transplants; and

(4)

provide information—

(A)

to patients, their families, and their physicians about transplantation; and

(B)

to patients and their families about the resources available nationally and in each State, and the comparative costs and patient outcomes at each transplant center affiliated with the organ procurement and transplantation network, in order to assist the patients and families with the costs associated with transplantation.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 375, as added Pub. L. 98–507, title II, § 201, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2346; amended Pub. L. 100–607, title IV, § 405, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3116; Pub. L. 101–616, title II, § 204, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3285; Pub. L. 118–14, § 3(3), Sept. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 69.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1944Enacted · Pub. L. 98-507 · 98 Stat. 2346
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-607 · 102 Stat. 3116
1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-616 · 104 Stat. 3285
2023Amended · Pub. L. 118-14 · 137 Stat. 69

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