This bill authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect registration fees from members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) based on the number of transplant candidates they place on the waiting list. These fees would be permanently available to support OPTN operations and distributed among the network's participating organizations, with the government treating collected fees as offsetting revenue that reduces net appropriations needs. The bill also requires the OPTN to create a public dashboard showing transplant statistics and requires quarterly transparency reports detailing how much each member pays and how fees are spent. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must review the program within two years and report findings to relevant congressional committees. The legislation essentially gives the OPTN a new, ongoing revenue source to fund its activities rather than relying solely on annual appropriations.
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