This bill would add a new section to the Public Health Service Act about human bodies and body parts donated or transferred for education, research, or the advancement of medical, dental, or mortuary science when they are not for transplantation. People who acquire and sell whole human bodies or body parts for profit in interstate commerce must register with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The bill lists what must be in registration applications, requires regular inspections, and requires detailed records for each acquisition. It sets labeling and packaging rules, limits how identifiable donor information may be used or shared, and requires proper disposition or return of remains. The bill allows the Secretary to set fees to cover implementation and enforcement costs, and to suspend or revoke registrations or impose fines for violations. The new rules would apply to acquisitions or transfers that happen more than two years after the law is enacted.
The Secretary would set registration and renewal fees each year to cover the projected costs of implementing and enforcing the section, including inspection costs. Collections from those fees would be available only as provided in appropriations acts. No publicly available information on specific dollar amounts, total costs, or budget estimates is included in the bill text.
The bill text states its purpose is to ensure consensual donation and respectful disposition of human bodies and body parts used for education and research and to require registration, recordkeeping, labeling, packaging, inspections, and limits on use of donor information to support those aims.
No publicly available information.