42 U.S.C. § 274i
Eligibility requirements for Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 274i, Eligibility requirements for Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475367
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Subject to the provisions of this section and the availability of funds under this part, any organ donor, or the family of any organ donor, shall be eligible for a Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal (hereafter in this part referred to as a “medal”).
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall direct the entity operating the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to—
Except as provided in paragraph (2), only 1 medal may be presented to a family under subsection (b). Such medal shall be presented to the donating family member, or in the case of a deceased donor, the family member who signed the consent form authorizing, or who otherwise authorized, the donation of the organ involved.
In the case of a family in which more than 1 member is an organ donor, a medal may be presented for each such organ donor.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally