12 2 STA T .4835PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 42 6—O CT. 15 , 2008 PublicLaw1 1 0–426 110 thCongres s A n Act Toamendth e PublicH ealth S e rv ice A ct to authori z e increa s ed F ederal f undin g for the O rgan Procurement and Trans p lantation N et w or k.Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ S te p ha n ieT u bbs Jo nes Org an Transp l ant Authori z ation Act o f20 0 8’ ’ . SEC. 2 . INCRE A SE DFU NDIN G FOR THE ORGAN P ROCURE M ENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NET W OR K . Section 37 2 ( a ) of the P ublic H ealth Ser v ice Act ( 4 2 U .S. C . 274(a)) is amended by stri k ing ‘‘ $ 2 , 000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,000,000’’. SEC. 3 . REPORT. (a) INGE NE RAL . — The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall re q uest that the Ex ecutive D irector of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation N et w ork submit to Congress, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, a report that shall include— (1) the identity of transplant programs that have become inactive or have closed since the heart allocation policy change of 200 6; (2) the distance to the next closest operational heart trans - plant center from such inactivated or closed programs and an evaluation of whether or not access to care has been reduced to the population previously serviced by such inactive or closed program; (3) the number of patients with rural zip codes that received transplants after the heart allocation policy change of 2006 as compared with the number of such patients that received such transplants prior to such heart allocation policy change; (4) a comparison of the number of transplants performed, the mortality rate for individuals on the transplant waiting lists, and the post-transplant survival rate nationally and by region prior to and after the heart allocation policy change of 2006; and ( 5 ) specifically with respect to allosensitized patients, a comparison of the number of heart transplants performed, the mortality rate for individuals on the heart transplant waiting lists, and the post heart transplant survival rate nationally and by region prior to and after the heart allocation policy change of 2006. 42USC 2 7 4 note. 42USC2 01 note. Ste pha n i e Tub b sJ ones Org an Transp l ant A uthori z ation A c to f 200 8 . Oct. 1 5, 2008 [H . R . 6 46 9]
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