# 119-s-2751: Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act

119-s-2751, Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2751
- Congress: 119
- Title: Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Permanent fee authority for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)** would let the Department of Health and Human Services charge registration fees tied to each transplant candidate and require a public transplant data dashboard to improve funding and transparency. - Families and transplant candidates would get more timely public data on transplant activity. The dashboard would show numbers and types of transplants, organs that entered the system but were not transplanted, and would update more often than annually. - Transplant centers and other OPTN members would pay a registration fee for each candidate they place on the waiting list. Those fees would be collected for and dedicated to OPTN operations, remain available until spent, and may be distributed to awardees only as authorized in annual appropriations. - The Secretary could collect fees directly or via awards and must post quarterly on the OPTN website the fees collected from each member and the activities those funds support. The Government Accountability Office would review program activities and report recommendations within two years.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Fees and transparency for transplant centers: mixed, low. If enacted, the HHS Secretary could charge transplant centers and organ procurement groups a fee for each person they place on the national transplant waiting list. The bill would require those fees to be used only to support the transplant network and would let collected fees remain available unti…

## Related bills

- 119-s-891: Bipartisan Health Care Act
- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-4504: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-2751 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2751)

## Related
- [119-s-891: Bipartisan Health Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-891)
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-4504: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4504)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2751 (as of 2026-04-21).