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provided legal foundation for donation of human organs and tissues
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provides medicare coverage for end stage renal disease patients to receive kidney transplants
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states that someone who has sustained cessation in circulatory, respratory or all brain functions is considered dead.
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provided pediatric hospitals that preform heart transplants as heart transplant facilities in specified circumstances
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allowed federal employees to receive paid leave and serve as living organ or marrow donors
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bars others from revoking the consent for donor after death, if legally registered
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annual report that details progress towards understanding long term health impacts of living donation