§274f–1 Public awareness; studies and demonstrations

Summary

Creates a national public education program run by the Secretary, alone or with grants or contracts, that works with existing national campaigns to raise awareness about organ donation and to increase donation rates. The Secretary may fund peer-reviewed studies and demonstration projects with public or nonprofit groups to boost organ donation and recovery, including living donation. The Secretary may also give grants to States for donor awareness, education, outreach, and donor registry work. To get a State grant, a State must apply in the required form, set yearly goals to improve donation rates, and send an annual report describing how it used the funds and what might be copied by other States. The Secretary must also support creating and sharing training materials for health care and other professionals about donation issues, how to talk with patients and families, and cultural concerns. The law authorizes $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2006 through 2009. This is in addition to any other authorized funds for these purposes.