Fairness in Liver Allocation Act of 2018

Fairness in Liver Allocation Act of 2018

This bill requires the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to reform the criteria for liver allocation so that allocation is not based on the donor candidate's place of residence or listing, unless it is necessary to avoid wasting organs.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6517 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6517

To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Organ Procurement 
 and Transplantation Network to establish and implement reforms to the 
 criteria for liver allocation so that such allocation is not based on 
  the donor candidate's place of residence or listing, except to the 
   extent necessary to avoid wasting organs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2018

Mr. Engel (for himself and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Organ Procurement 
 and Transplantation Network to establish and implement reforms to the 
 criteria for liver allocation so that such allocation is not based on 
  the donor candidate's place of residence or listing, except to the 
   extent necessary to avoid wasting organs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness in Liver Allocation Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. CRITERIA FOR LIVER ALLOCATION.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 372 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(4) Liver Allocation.--
            ``(A) Reform by network.--Not later than December 31, 2018, 
        the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network shall 
        establish and implement reforms to the criteria for liver 
        allocation by the Network so that such allocation is not based 
        on the donor candidate's place of residence or listing, except 
        to the extent necessary to avoid wasting organs.
            ``(B) Reform by secretary in case of failure.--If the Organ 
        Procurement and Transplantation Network fails to establish and 
        implement reforms by December 31, 2018, as required by 
        subparagraph (A)--
                    ``(i) the Secretary, acting through the 
                Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
                Administration, shall establish criteria for liver 
                allocation by the Network consistent with subparagraph 
                (A); and
                    ``(ii) not later than June 30, 2019, the Network 
                shall begin implementing such criteria.''.
    (b) Technical Correction.--Paragraph (3) of section 372(b) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274(b)) is amended by moving the 
indentation of such paragraph 2 ems to the left.
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