Organ Transplant Assistance Act of 1988

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Organ Transplant Assistance Act of 1988 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to indicate on their income tax returns their election to increase the amount of tax liability by one dollar (two dollars for joint returns), to be used for organ transplant assistance. Establishes in the Treasury the National Organ Transplant Assistance Trust Fund and appropriates to it amounts equal to those designated on tax returns. Establishes a program through which Trust Fund monies will be used to finance grants to health care facilities where organ transplants are performed to assist the facilities in performing transplants for individuals unable to afford them. Sets forth general criteria to govern these grants.…