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Program Contractors

After the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, Public Law 109-129, was authorized, The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) requested proposals from potential contractors to bid on the four components of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory

The National Marrow Donor Program^® (NMDP) was awarded contracts for three components:
- Office of Patient Advocacy/Single Point of Access
- Bone Marrow Coordinating Center
- Cord Blood Coordinating Center
The Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research^® (CIBMTR) at the Medical College of Wisconsin was awarded the contract for the Stem Cell Therapeutic Outcomes Database component.
Several cord blood banks were awarded contracts for the National Cord Blood Inventory.

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Acts of 2005, 2010 and 2015

Read more about the bills that were passed by the United States Congress to help patients who need a bone marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant.

Congressman C.W. Bill Young

In 1986, United States Congressman C.W. Bill Young was instrumental in creating a national registry for bone marrow donors. That program has expanded to include facilitation of unrelated donor transplants and BMT research. It is now called the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program. Congressman Young passed away in October 2013.

United States Congressman, C.W. Bill Young - Archived Biography