Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5259 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5259 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 10, 2025 Mr. Costa (for himself and Ms. Van Duyne) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act''. SEC. 2. ORGAN PROCUREMENT AND TRANSPLANTATION NETWORK. Section 372 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274) is amended-- (1) in subsection (b)(2)-- (A) by moving the margins of subparagraphs (M) through (O) 2 ems to the left; (B) in subparagraph (A)-- (i) in clause (i), by striking ``, and'' and inserting ``; and''; and (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the comma at the end and inserting a semicolon; (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``twenty-four- hour telephone service'' and inserting ``24-hour telephone or information technology service''; (D) in each of subparagraphs (B) through (M), by striking the comma at the end and inserting a semicolon; (E) in subparagraph (N), by striking ``transportation, and'' and inserting ``transportation;''; (F) in subparagraph (O), by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and (G) by adding at the end the following: ``(P) consider establishing a dashboard to display the number of trans