BLOOD Centers Act

This bill would require the federal health department, through the Food and Drug Administration, to create a faster approval process within 180 days for blood centers that want to add an apheresis collection device at a location not previously licensed for one. Under this process, the agency would have to approve the request within 30 days unless it shows a specific safety, purity, or potency concern at that location, or a systemic failure by the operator to meet standards at other locations. The faster process would apply only to operators that hold a license for at least one blood center and either have 3 or more FDA-registered licensed locations or are accredited and in good standing with an approved accreditation organization.

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Sponsors

• Tony Wied Republican sponsor
• 19 cosponsors