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Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
provided legal foundation for donation of human organs and tissues -
Public Law 95-292
provides medicare coverage for end stage renal disease patients to receive kidney transplants -
Uniform Determination of Death Act
states that someone who has sustained cessation in circulatory, respratory or all brain functions is considered dead. -
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
provided pediatric hospitals that preform heart transplants as heart transplant facilities in specified circumstances -
Organ Donor Leave Act
allowed federal employees to receive paid leave and serve as living organ or marrow donors -
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, 2006
bars others from revoking the consent for donor after death, if legally registered -
Charlie W. Norwood Living Organ Donation Act
annual report that details progress towards understanding long term health impacts of living donation