§274l. Study by General Accounting Office
(a) In general
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study that evaluates-
(1) the costs and benefits of the search process for an unrelated bone marrow donor among different marrow donor registries;
(2) the extent to which marrow donor registries protect donor confidentiality;
(3) the relationship between the Registry, individual marow 1 donor centers, and other marrow donor registries;
(4) the effectiveness and appropriateness of policies and procedures of marrow donor centers, marrow transplant centers, and marrow donor registries, including-
(A) the process of donor recruitment, including the policy of asking each donor whether the donor would want to donate more than one time;
(B) the maintenance and updating of donor files; and
(C) the policy of initially typing donors for A/B antigens only instead of initially typing for both A/B and D/R antigens;
(5) the ability of the marrow donor registries to incorporate changes in medical research and clinical practice; and
(6) the costs associated with tissue typing.
(b) Report
Not later than 1 year after November 16, 1990, the Comptroller General shall complete the study required under subsection (a) of this section and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate a report describing the findings made by the study and recommendations for legislative reform.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, §379A, as added Nov. 16, 1990,
Change of Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995.