Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act

This bill would allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to charge registration fees to members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for each transplant candidate they add to the national waiting list. The fees could be used only to support the network's operation, and spending them would depend on amounts set in annual appropriations laws. The Secretary would have to post online how much each member paid and what activities the fees support, updated each quarter. The bill also asks the network to consider creating a dashboard of transplant statistics, allows its 24-hour telephone service to include information technology services, and requires a federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the fees within 2 years.

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Sponsors

• Ron Wyden Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors