Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§273b Report on the Long-term Health Effects of Living Organ Donation
Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER II — GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES › Part H — Organ Transplants › § 273b
Summary
The Secretary of Health and Human Services must send Congress a yearly report, starting within 1 year of December 21, 2007, that explains the progress made in understanding the long‑term health effects on people who donate organs while alive.
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Title 42, §273b
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Not later than 1 year after December 21, 2007, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that details the progress made towards understanding the long-term health effects of living organ donation.
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Codification Section was enacted as part of the Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
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42 U.S.C. § 273b
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102