1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Lost Opportunities to Supply Transplantable Organs Act of 2020” or the “LOST Organs Act of 2020”.
Lost Opportunities to Supply Transplantable Organs Act of 2020
A BILL
To improve the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
2. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
Section 372(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274(b)(2)) is amended—
in subparagraph (E), by inserting “and practice” after “quality”;
by moving subparagraphs (M) through (O) 2 ems to the left;
by redesignating subparagraphs (H) through (O) as subparagraphs (J) through (Q), respectively; and
by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:
“(H) track and publicly report, with redactions of personal identifiers of donors, waitlist candidates, and recipients, on the status of all organs in transport from organ procurement organizations to any location within the transplant supply chain, including transplant centers,
“(I) in the event that an organ is lost, damaged, or delayed in transport, establish an open and transparent process to determine cause, corrective action, and recommendations for updates to the standards of quality and practice under subparagraph (E) to prevent organs from being lost, damaged, or delayed,”