The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984
- The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984
The National Organ Transplant Act (1984 Public Law 98-507), approved October 19, 1984 and amended in 1988 and 1990, outlawed the sale of human organs and provided for the establishment of the Task Force on Organ Transplantation; authorized the Secretary of HHS to make grants for the planning, establishment, and initial operation of qualified OPOs; and established the formation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).
The National Organ Transplant Act was sponsored by Al Gore in 1984 and was passed by a margin of 396-6 in the House of Representatives.
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