The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will effectively shut down the Kentucky organ donation group Network for Hope over "persistent patient safety failures,” Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday. Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for Medicare and Medicaid services, said the move sends a clear message to both organ transplant groups and any healthcare provider. This year, GOP state Rep. Jason Nemes of Middletown sponsored and successfully passed a bill designed to require more oversight and accountability during the organ donation process. The pause has to be documented and reported and all organ donation recovery stopped. Spokespersons from University of Kentucky HealthCare and University of Louisville Health said they do not expect any new delays in their organ procurement programs.