,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #abi #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #fih ,report ,no4 #aac-aha1 ,part ,i ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,february #ad1 #bjac ,mrs4 ,capps introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,july #cj1 #bjac ,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,burgess1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,griffin of ,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,braley of ,iowa1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,radel1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,michaud1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mrs4 ,miller of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4 ,pingree of ,maine1 ,mr4 ,petri1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,mc,dermott1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,young of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley1 ,mr4 ,benishek1 ,mr4 ,levin1 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mrs4 ,christensen1 ,ms4 ,schwartz1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,mr4 ,harper1 and ,mr4 ,lipinski ,july #cj1 #bjac ,reported from the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce ,july #cj1 #bjac ,the ,committee on the ,judiciary discharged2 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act to establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with human immunodeficiency virus 7,,hiv74 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,,hiv ,organ ,policy ,equity ,act4 #b4 ,amendments to the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7a7 ,standards of quality for the acquisition and transportation of donated organs 7#a7 ,organ ,procurement and ,transplantation ,network ,section #cgb7;b7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bgd7;b77 is amended-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#b77;,e71 by striking 1 including standards for preventing the acquisition of organs that are infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome2 and 7,b7 by adding at the end the following3 7#c7 ,clarification ,in adopting and using standards of quality under paragraph 7#b77;,e71 the ,organ ,procurement and ,transplantation ,network may adopt and use such standards with respect to organs infected with human immunodeficiency virus 7,,hiv71 provided that any such standards ensure that organs infected with human immunodeficiency virus may be transplanted only into individuals who are infected with such virus before receiving such organ4 4 7#b7 ,conforming amendment ,section #cga7;b77#c77;,c7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bgc7;b77#c77;,c72 relating to organ procurement organizations7 is amended by striking including arranging for testing with respect to preventing the acquisition of organs that are infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and inserting including arranging for testing with respect to identifying organs that are infected with human immunodeficiency virus 7,,hiv74 7b7 ,publication of research guidelines ,part ,h of title ,,iii of the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bgc et seq47 is amended by inserting after section #cgg;,d the following3 #cgg;,e4 ,guidelines1 standards1 and regulations with respect to organs infected with ,,hiv 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year after the date of the enactment of the ,,hiv ,organ ,policy ,equity ,act1 the ,secretary shall develop and publish guidelines for the conduct of research relating to transplantation of organs from donors infected with human immunodeficiency virus 7in this section referred to as ,,hiv74 7b7 ,corresponding changes to standards and regulations applicable to research ,not later than #a year after the date of the enactment of the ,,hiv ,organ ,policy ,equity ,act1 to the extent determined by the ,secretary to be necessary to allow the conduct of research in accordance with the guidelines developed under subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 the ,organ ,procurement and ,transplantation ,network shall revise the standards of quality adopted under section #cgb7;b77#b77;,e72 and 7#b7 the ,secretary shall revise section #aba4f of title #db1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or any successor regulations74 7c7 ,revision of standards and regulations generally ,not later than #b years after the date of the enactment of the ,,hiv ,organ ,policy ,equity ,act1 and annually thereafter1 the ,secretary1 shall-- 7#a7 review the results of scientific research in conjunction with the ,organ ,procurement and ,transplantation ,network to determine whether the results warrant revision of the standards of quality adopted under section #cgb7;b77#b77;,e7 with respect to donated organs infected with ,,hiv and with respect to the safety of cross-strain transplantation2 7#b7 if the ,secretary determines under paragraph 7#a7 that such results warrant revision of the standards of quality adopted under section #cgb7;b77#b77;,e7 with respect to donated organs infected with ,,hiv and with respect to cross-strain transplantation1 direct the ,organ ,procurement and ,transplantation ,network to revise such standards1 consistent with section #cgb and in a way that ensures the changes will not reduce the safety of organ transplantation2 and 7#c7 in conjunction with any revision of such standards under paragraph 7#b71 shall revise section #aba4f of title #db1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or any successor regulations7 for consistency with such standards4 4 #c4 ,conforming amendment to title #ah of the ,united ,states ,code ,section #aabb of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7d7 ,exception ,an organ donation does not violate this section if the donation is in accordance with all applicable guidelines and regulations of the ,secretary made under section #cgg;,e of the ,public ,health ,service ,act4 4 ,july #cj1 #bjac ,reported from the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce ,july #cj1 #bjac ,the ,committee on the ,judiciary discharged2 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed