This legislation was passed to improve the system for organ, eye, and tissue
allocation after successful heart and kidney transplants:
The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA)
This legislation supports the OPOs legal right to inform donor families instead of ask
for authorization to donate upon declaration of death:
The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA)
This agencies resolution supported the UAGA allowing OPOs to take a firm stance in
upholding first-person authorization despite family disagreement:
The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)
This legislation states, “An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible
cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all
functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead.”
The Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA)
This legislation provides reimbursement for organ transplantation and costs
associated with donation:
The End Stage Renal Disease Act (ESRD)
This legislation requires hospitals who participate with Medicare or Medicaid to call
the OPO to refer a patient who meets clinical triggers:
The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1986
This legislation provides a medically sound base for determining death:
The Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA)
This legislation provided federal grants to OPOs which helped them become
reputable and established in every State.
National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA)
This legislation called for a national network to coordinate the allocation of organs
and collect clinical data about donors, candidates, and recipients.
National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA)
The _______ created a Donor’s Bill of Rights in 1994 which ensures donor families
receive information, have time alone with the donor, understand brain death and
donation, know they will not be financially responsible for donation, and have right to
bereavement follow-up support.
The National Kidney Foundation
