,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iici  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #d1         
#bjbd,mr4 ,wittman 7for himself1 ,ms4   
,mc,clellan1 ,mr4 ,costa1 and ,mrs4     
,miller-,meeks7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,health and ,human ,services1 acting    
through the ,assistant ,secretary for   
,planning and ,evaluation1 to conduct a 
study on existing efforts of hospitals  
with respect to electronic automated    
referrals for purposes of organ         
donation1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,organ ,donation ,referral          
,improvement ,act4  #b4 ,studying       
electronic automated referral for organ 
donations  7a7 ,in general ,not later   
than one year after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services1 acting 
through the ,assistant ,secretary for   

,planning and ,evaluation 7referred to  
in this ,act as the ,secretary71 shall  
conduct and complete a study on existing
 efforts of hospitals with respect to   
electronic automated referrals for      
purposes of organ donation4  7b7 ,study 
components ,the study conducted under   
subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 identify    
savings in staff time1 variation in     
timeliness to determine eligibility for 
organ donation1 as well as potential    
improvement over human interaction for  
the identification of potential organ   
donors1 if any1 attained through the use
 of electronic automated referrals2     
7#b7 identify benefits1 if any1 in      
identifying potential organ donors      
through the use of electronic medical   
records and standardized clinical       
criteria2  7#c7 review the impact of    
such electronic automated referrals1    
without the need for manual reporting1  
on donation volumes2  7#d7 assess       
published peer-reviewed clinical        
literature on such electronic automated 

referrals2  7#e7 review best practices  
for using such electronic automated     
referrals2  7#f7 review information     
technology practices to ensure the      
secure transmission of information for  
purposes of such referrals2  7#g7       
develop recommendations to promote the  
use of such electronic automated        
referrals2 and  7#h7 identify what      
actions are needed to establish the use 
of such electronic automated referrals  
nationwide4  7c7 ,report ,not later than
 one year after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,secretary shall submit 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce and the ,committee on ,ways   
and ,means of the ,house of             
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,finance and the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions of the
 ,senate a report on the results of the 
study conducted under subsection 7a74   
7d7 ,electronic automated referral      
defined ,in this section1 the term      
electronic automated referral means an  

electronic system that identifies       
potential deceased organ donors via     
clinical criteria in a patient's        
electronic health record and            
automatically refers such patients to   
the hospital's collaborating organ      
procurement organization4