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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act passed.

Date: 1986

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The act mandates that all hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid develop programs to increase organ donor pools. Some programs require hospital personnel to actively request consent from potential candidates or their families for organ donation, or at least inform people that they have the option to donate.