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S. 330, HIV Organ Policy Equity Act 1 (May 22, 2013)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo11152 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
COST ESTIMATE
May 22, 2013
S. 330
HIV Organ Policy Equity Act
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
on March 20, 2013
S. 330 would amend provisions of the Public Health Service Act that authorize the
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish guidelines
and quality standards for conducting research relating to donated organs and for acquiring
and procuring such organs.
The bill would remove a provision in current law that prohibits the acquisition and
procurement of donated organs that are infected with the virus that causes acquired
immune deficiency syndrome. S. 330 also would require the Secretary of HHS to develop
guidelines for conducting research relating to organ transplants from donors who are
infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The Secretary would be required
to annually review the results of the research to determine whether the results warrant
revising the quality standards for acquiring and procuring donated organs. Finally, the bill
would authorize the Secretary to establish standards for acquiring and procuring donated
organs that are infected with HIV, provided that any such standards ensure that an organ
infected with HIV may be transplanted only into individuals who are infected with HIV
before receiving such organ.
To implement S. 330, CBO estimates that HHS would incur administrative costs of less
than $500,000 annually and about $1 million over the 2014-2018 period. Any such costs
would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Pay-as-you-go procedures do
not apply to this legislation because it would not affect direct spending or revenues.
The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
The staff contact for this bill is Lisa Ramirez-Branum. The estimate was approved by
Peter H. Fontaine, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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