A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate consideration of the income of organ recipients in providing reimbursement of expenses to donating individuals, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · December 12, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
The Honor Our Living Donors Act amends federal law governing reimbursement for living organ donors. Currently, some programs consider an organ recipient's income when determining reimbursement amounts for donors' expenses, which this bill prohibits. The legislation ensures that living donors who donate organs like kidneys or liver portions receive fair reimbursement for their qualifying expenses regardless of how much money the person receiving their organ makes. The bill also requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit an annual report to Congress detailing whether available funding adequately reimburses all participating donors and identifying any gaps in reimbursement coverage. This change affects living organ donors and the programs that support them, with no specific funding amount or implementation timeline mentioned in the legislation.
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