H.R. 3858 (ih) To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, and to provide for better coordination of Federal efforts and information on islet cell transplantation. [Introduced in House] %%Filename:...

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        H.R.3858

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 An Act


 
    To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the supply of 
     pancreatic islet cells for research, and to provide for better 
     coordination of Federal efforts and information on islet cell 
                            transplantation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pancreatic Islet Cell 
Transplantation Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATION.

    Section 371 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 273) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Pancreata procured by an organ procurement organization and 
used for islet cell transplantation or research shall be counted for 
purposes of certification or recertification under subsection (b).''.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ON PANCREATIC ISLET CELL TRANSPLANTATION.

    Section 429 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285c-3) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) In each annual report prepared by the Diabetes Mellitus 
Interagency Coordinating Committee pursuant to subsection (c), the 
Committee shall include an assessment of the Federal activities and 
programs related to pancreatic islet cell transplantation. Such 
assessment shall, at a minimum, address the following:
        ``(1) The adequacy of Federal funding for taking advantage of 
    scientific opportunities relating to pancreatic islet cell 
    transplantation.
        ``(2) Current policies and regulations affecting the supply of 
    pancreata for islet cell transplantation.
        ``(3) The effect of xenotransplantation on advancing pancreatic 
    islet cell transplantation.
        ``(4) The effect of United Network for Organ Sharing policies 
    regarding pancreas retrieval and islet cell transplantation.
        ``(5) The existing mechanisms to collect and coordinate 
    outcomes data from existing islet cell transplantation trials.
        ``(6) Implementation of multiagency clinical investigations of 
    pancreatic islet cell transplantation.
        ``(7) Recommendations for such legislation and administrative 
    actions as the Committee considers appropriate to increase the 
    supply of pancreata available for islet cell transplantation.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

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