This part adds two duties to the organ network: link up electronic health records, and consider a public dashboard of transplant numbers. It also lets the health chief collect registration fees for three years, and requires those fees to be posted online.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Organ Procurement and Transplantation NetworkHow: statuteSec. 6502 in the PDF
What the document says
“encourage the integration of electronic health records systems through application programming interfaces (or successor technologies) among hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and transplant centers, including the use of automated electronic hospital referrals and the grant of remote, electronic access to hospital electronic health records of potential donors by organ procurement organizations”
Section 6502 adds a new subparagraph (P) to section 372(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act. The network must encourage hospitals, organ procurement organizations and transplant centers to link their electronic health records systems, including automated electronic referrals and remote access to donors' records, in a way that complies with the privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
What the document actually says
“encourage the integration of electronic health records systems through application programming interfaces (or successor technologies) among hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and transplant centers, including the use of automated electronic hospital referrals and the grant of remote, electronic access to hospital electronic health records of potential donors by organ procurement organizations”
That sentence, in plain words
The network must push hospitals and organ groups to link their record systems. Referrals would then go out on their own. Organ groups could see donor records from afar.
What this is about
Organs must be matched fast. Faxes and phone calls cost hours. Linked systems cut that. Privacy rules still apply.
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The document says “should”Who acts: Organ Procurement and Transplantation NetworkHow: statuteSec. 6502 in the PDF
What the document says
“consider establishing a dashboard to display the number of transplants performed, the types of transplants performed, the number and types of organs that entered the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network system and failed to be transplanted, and other appropriate statistics, which should be updated more frequently than annually.”
Section 6502 adds a new subparagraph (Q) requiring the network to consider setting up a dashboard showing the number and types of transplants performed, the number and types of organs that entered the system and were not transplanted, and other appropriate statistics, updated more often than once a year.
What the document actually says
“consider establishing a dashboard to display the number of transplants performed, the types of transplants performed, the number and types of organs that entered the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network system and failed to be transplanted, and other appropriate statistics, which should be updated more frequently than annually.”
That sentence, in plain words
The network must think about setting up a dashboard. It would show how many transplants were done, and how many organs went unused.
What this is about
A dashboard is a page of live numbers. The count of organs not used is the hard one. Yearly figures are too slow to act on.
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The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 6502 in the PDF
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.”
That sentence, in plain words
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.
What this is about
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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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 6502 in the PDF
What the document says
“promptly post on the website of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network--
``(i) the amount of registration fees collected under this subsection from each member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; and”
The new subsection requires the Secretary to post promptly on the network's website the amount of registration fees collected from each member and a list of the activities the fees support, and to update that information for each calendar quarter in which fees are collected.
What the document actually says
“promptly post on the website of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network--
``(i) the amount of registration fees collected under this subsection from each member of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; and”
That sentence, in plain words
The health chief must post on the network's website how much was charged to each member.
What this is about
The site must also list what the fees pay for. The posting is updated every three months. Anyone can look.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 6502 in the PDF
What the document says
“The authority to collect registration fees under paragraph (1) shall expire on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026.''.”
The new subsection requires the Comptroller General, within two years of enactment and so far as data allow, to review the activities under it and report with recommendations to two Senate committees and one House committee. The authority to collect the fees expires three years after this Act was enacted.
What the document actually says
“The authority to collect registration fees under paragraph (1) shall expire on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026.''.”
That sentence, in plain words
The power to charge these fees ends three years after this law passed.
What this is about
A watchdog office must review the fees within two years. Congress can then decide whether to let the power go on.
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The main things the section does: add the electronic health records duty and the dashboard duty, authorize registration fees and set how they are collected and distributed, require the fees and their uses to be posted and updated quarterly, require a GAO review within two years, and sunset the fee authority after three years.
The mechanical amendments moving margins, commas and semicolons between subparagraphs, and the change from twenty-four-hour telephone service to a 24-hour telephone or information technology service.
The section amends section 372 of the Public Health Service Act, which is not indexed here, so what the network otherwise must do is not recorded on this site.
