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[CITE: 42USC274c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                        Part H--Organ Transplants
 
Sec. 274c. Administration

    The Secretary shall designate and maintain an identifiable 
administrative unit in the Public Health Service to--
        (1) administer this part and coordinate with the organ 
    procurement activities under title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
    [42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.],
        (2) conduct a program of public information to inform the public 
    of the need for organ donations,
        (3) provide technical assistance to organ procurement 
    organizations, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network 
    established under section 274 of this title, and other entities in 
    the health care system involved in organ donations, procurement, and 
    transplants, and
        (4) provide information--
            (i) to patients, their families, and their physicians about 
        transplantation; and
            (ii) to patients and their families about the resources 
        available nationally and in each State, and the comparative 
        costs and patient outcomes at each transplant center affiliated 
        with the organ procurement and transplantation network, in order 
        to assist the patients and families with the costs associated 
        with transplantation.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 375, as added Pub. L. 98-507, 
title II, Sec. 201, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2346; amended Pub. L. 100-
607, title IV, Sec. 405, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3116; Pub. L. 101-616, 
title II, Sec. 204, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3285.)

                       References in Text

    The Social Security Act, referred to in par. (1), is act Aug. 14, 
1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act is classified generally to subchapter XVIII (Sec. 1395 et 
seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 375 of act July 1, 1944, added by act Aug. 3, 1956, 
ch. 907, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 962, which related to definitions, was 
renumbered section 385 and classified to section 279 of this title, 
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99-158, Sec. 3(b), Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 
879.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-616, Sec. 204(a), struck out ``, during fiscal 
years 1985 through 1990,'' after ``The Secretary shall''.
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 101-616, Sec. 204(b)(1), struck out ``receiving 
funds under section 273 of this title'' after ``organ procurement 
organizations''.
    Par. (4). Pub. L. 101-616, Sec. 204(b)(2), amended par. (4) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: ``not later 
than April 1 of each of the years 1989 and 1990, submit to the Congress 
a report on the status of organ donation and coordination services and 
include in the report an analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness of 
the procurement and allocation of organs and a description of problems 
encountered in the procurement and allocation of organs.''
    1988--Pub. L. 100-607, in introductory provisions, substituted 
``1985 through 1990'' for ``1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988'' and, in par. 
(4), substituted ``not later than April 1 of each of the years 1989 and 
1990, submit to the Congress a report'' for ``one year after the date on 
which the Task Force on Organ Transplantation transmits its final report 
under section 104(c) of the National Organ Transplant Act, and annually 
thereafter through fiscal year 1988, submit to Congress an annual 
report''.
