The Secretary may collect registration fees for network operation
What the document says“The Secretary may collect registration fees from any member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for each transplant candidate such member places on the list described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(i). Such registration fees shall be collected and distributed only to support the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.”
Section 6502 adds a new subsection (d) to section 372 of the Public Health Service Act. The Secretary may collect a registration fee from a network member for each transplant candidate the member puts on the list, and the fees may be used only to support the network's operation. They may be collected directly or through awards, are credited as discretionary offsetting collections, and are available only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
What the document actually says“The Secretary may collect registration fees from any member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for each transplant candidate such member places on the list described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(i). Such registration fees shall be collected and distributed only to support the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.”
The health chief may charge a fee to a network member. It is charged for each patient the member puts on the waiting list. The fee may only pay for running the network.
The network keeps the national waiting list and matches organs to people. Running it costs money. This is one way to pay for it.
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