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.
42 U.S.C. § 274i
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.