U.S. Congress - H.R.710 Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act
H.R.710 - Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act
To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that criminal penalties do not apply to paired donations of human kidneys, and for other purposes. view all titles (7)
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- Short: Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act as passed senate.
- Short: Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act as enacted.
- Short: Living Kidney Organ Donation Clarification Act as introduced.
- Official: To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that criminal penalties do not apply to paired donations of human kidneys, and for other purposes. as amended by house.
- Short: Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act as passed house.
- Official: An Act to amend the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that criminal penalties do not apply to human organ paired donation, and for other purposes. as amended by senate.
- Official: To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to clarify that kidney paired donation does not involve the transfer of a human organ for valuable consideration. as introduced.
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Latest Vote
Result: Passed - March 07, 2007
Roll call number 126 in the House
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 710 Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 2/3 (66%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes:
97%
Official Summary
12/21/2007--Public Law. Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act - Amends the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that for the purpose of provisions that prohibit the transfer of any human organ for use in human transplantation for valuable consideration, human organ paired donatiOfficial Summary
12/21/2007--Public Law. Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act - Amends the National Organ Transplant Act to provide that for the purpose of provisions that prohibit the transfer of any human organ for use in human transplantation for valuable consideration, human organ paired donation does not involve such a transfer. Defines "human organ paired donation" as the donation and receipt of a human organ under the following circumstances:(1) an individual (the first donor) desires to make a living donation of a human organ specifically to a particular patient (the first patient), but such donor is biologically incompatible with such patient;
(2) a second individual (the second donor) desires to make a such a donation to a second patient, but is biologically incompatible with such patient;
(3) the first donor is biologically compatible to the second patient, and the second donor is biologically compatible to the first patient;
(4) all donors and patients enter into a single agreement to donate and receive such organs; and
(5) no valuable consideration is knowingly acquired, received, or otherwise transferred with respect to the organs.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on the progress made toward understanding the long-term health effects of living organ donation.
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