§274f–2 Grants regarding hospital organ donation coordinators

Summary

The Secretary can give grants to qualified organ procurement organizations and hospitals to set up programs that coordinate organ donation work at eligible hospitals and increase donation rates. An eligible hospital is one that does major trauma care or a hospital or group of hospitals serving at least 200,000 people. To get a grant, the hospital and the organ procurement organization must agree to run the program together and may include other groups they choose. Each grant recipient must set up shared leadership and clear responsibility, agree on common goals and outcome measures with interim targets, and create a joint data system to track progress and give feedback to leaders. Existing rules in place on April 5, 2004 are not changed. Within 3 years after grants are awarded, the Secretary must evaluate whether donation rates rose. Grantees must provide non‑Federal contributions equal to at least 30% of the grant (cash or in kind). Funding authorized is $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and necessary amounts for fiscal years 2006 through 2009.