DHHS, Health Resources and Services Administration

Lewin contact: Clifford Goodman

This report provides an analysis of national and state level activity related to organ and tissue donor registries. It describes national- and state-level initiatives related to organ donor registries, examines the relative roles of federal and state governments in such registries, and assesses the effect of these activities and policies on efforts to strengthen donor registries. The report was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Special Programs, Division of Transplantation to better inform attendees of its conference, Guidelines for Donor Registry Development on November 29-30, 2001. The conference is part of the HHS Gift of Life Donation Initiative. The report updates an earlier Lewin report Analysis of State Actions Regarding Donor Registries.

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