A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The OPTN Fee Collection Authority Act authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. These fees are collected for each transplant candidate placed on the list. The collected money is used solely to support the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. The bill also directs the integration of electronic health records through specific technological interfaces. Additionally, it considers the creation of a dashboard to display transplant statistics.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +5
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill requires the Secretary to post collected fee amounts and activity lists on the OPTN website.
- Scored +5
Does this reduce what the federal government spends?
The bill allows the Secretary to collect registration fees to support the operation of the OPTN through discretionary offsetting collections.
- Scored +4
Does this make health care easier to get in general?
The bill encourages the integration of electronic health records and automated referrals to improve the efficiency of the transplant system.
The opposite
- Scored -3
Would business owners be better off under this?
The bill authorizes the collection of registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Data Integration: The bill encourages integrating electronic health records through application programming interfaces among hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and transplant centers (Section 2, subsection (b)(2)(P)). This includes automated electronic hospital referrals and electronic access to hospital records for potential donors.
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Increased Transparency of Statistics: The bill considers establishing a dashboard to display statistics such as the number and types of transplants performed, and the number of organs that entered the system but failed to be transplanted (Section 2, subsection (b)(2)(Q)).
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Operational Support: Registration fees collected are to be distributed to support the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (Section 2, subsection (d)(1)).
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Financial Accountability: The Secretary is required to post the amount of fees collected and a list of activities supported by those fees on the OPTN website (Section 2, subsection (d)(4)(A)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- New Fees for Members: The Secretary is authorized to collect registration fees from any member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for each transplant candidate placed on the list (Section 2, subsection (d)(1)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires the Secretary to post collected fee amounts and activity lists on the OPTN website. Does this protect people from being watched or searched? — The bill explicitly requires adherence to HIPAA privacy regulations when integrating electronic health records.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this reduce what the federal government spends? — The bill allows the Secretary to collect registration fees to support the operation of the OPTN through discretionary offsetting collections.
- Healthcare
- Does this make health care easier to get in general? — The bill encourages the integration of electronic health records and automated referrals to improve the efficiency of the transplant system.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — The bill authorizes the collection of registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
- Education And Technology
- Does this give people more control over their personal data? — The bill mandates that electronic health record integration must comply with HIPAA privacy regulations.
- 2/12/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
6 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Bill CassidyRepublican · Louisiana