78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1226, Chapter 926 Page: 2 of 3
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S.B. No. 1226
1 will be put in a pool. As one of those patients receives a
2 transplant, the patient will be replaced in the pool, in turn, by
3 the next longest waiting patient. Only accumulated waiting time
4 will be used to establish priority access to the pool.
5 (c) With the exception of assigning points for a six antigen
6 match with zero antigen mismatch, assigning points for human
7 leukocyte antigen (HLA) match will be eliminated by organ
8 procurement organizations that are participating in the pool
9 established under Subsection (a).
10 (d) After a patient has qualified for entry into the pool
11 established under Subsection (b), the order of distribution is
12 based solely on the length of time each patient has waited.
13 (e) Use of the pools will be managed by the federal Organ
14 Procurement and Transplantation Network.
15 (f) A panel of appropriate physician specialists of Texas'
16 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network members will monitor
17 the listing of patients and the appropriate use of the pools.
18 SECTION 2. Organ procurement organizations that have a
19 defined service area that includes all or part of this state and
20 that are members of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation
21 Network, and transplant centers in this state that are members of
22 the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, shall submit to
23 the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network a kidney sharing
24 agreement not later than the 180th day after the effective date of
25 this Act.
26 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
27 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as2
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1226, Chapter 926, legislative document, June 20, 2003; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth159155/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.