118 STAT. 584 PUBLIC LAW 108–216—APR. 5, 2004 Public Law 108–216 108th Congress An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote organ donation, 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 ‘‘Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act’’. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) PUBLIC AWARENESS OF NEED FOR ORGAN DONATION.—It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should carry out programs to educate the public with respect to organ donation, including the need to provide for an adequate rate of such donations. (b) FAMILY DISCUSSIONS OF ORGAN DONATIONS.—Congress rec ognizes the importance of families pledging to each other to share their lives as organ and tissue donors and acknowledges the impor tance of discussing organ and tissue donation as a family. (c) LIVING DONATIONS OF ORGANS.—Congress— (1) recognizes the generous contribution made by each living individual who has donated an organ to save a life; and (2) acknowledges the advances in medical technology that have enabled organ transplantation with organs donated by living individuals to become a viable treatment option for an increasing number of patients. SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES INCURRED TOWARD LIVING ORGAN DONATION. Section 377 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274f) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 377. REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES INCURRED TOWARD LIVING ORGAN DONATION. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants to States, transplant centers, qualified organ procurement organizations under section 371, or other public or private entities for the purpose of— ‘‘(1) providing for the reimbursement of travel and subsist ence expenses incurred by individuals toward making living donations of their organs (in this section referred to as ‘donating individuals’); and ‘‘(2) providing for the reimbursement of such incidental nonmedical expenses that are so incurred as the Secretary determines by regulation to be appropriate. 42 USC 201 note. Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act. Apr. 5, 2004 [H.R. 3926}
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