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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.
Summary
This bill would amend the organ donor assistance grant program to prohibit consideration of an organ recipient's income when determining reimbursement for living organ donors' expenses. The bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit annual reports to Congress on whether grant funding is adequate to cover all qualifying expenses for participating donors, including the number of donors not fully reimbursed and the funding needed for full reimbursement. The bill removes provisions that created an expectation of payments from organ recipients to donors.
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Sponsor (1)
12 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR)
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA)
- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY)
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
- Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6] (R-IN)
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jay Obernolte’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $69,760
- GOOGLE $17,500
- ROUTE 66 SHOOTING $13,200
- APPLE VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS $13,200
- CHANDI GROUP USA $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jay Obernolte → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 22, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Jan 22, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2025
Mr. Obernolte (for himself and Ms. DelBene) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Honor Our Living Donors Act”.
SEC. 2. NO CONSIDERATION OF INCOME OF ORGAN RECIPIENT.
Section 377 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274f) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
“(c) No Consideration of Income of Organ Recipient.—The recipient of a grant under this section, in providing reimbursement to a donating individual through such grant, shall not give any consideration to the income of the organ recipient.”; and
(3) in subsection (f), as so redesignated—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “subsection
(c)(1)” and inserting “subsection (d)(1)”; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking “subsection
(c)(2)” and inserting “subsection (d)(2)”.
SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF EXPECTATION OF PAYMENTS BY ORGAN RECIPIENTS.
Section 377(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274f(e)), as redesignated by section 2, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding “or” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking “; or” and inserting a period; and
(3) by striking paragraph (3).
SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 377 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274f), as amended by sections 2 and 3, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) Annual Report.—Not later than December 31 of each year, the Secretary shall—
“(1) prepare, submit to the Congress, and make public a report on whether grants under this section provided adequate funding during the preceding fiscal year to reimburse all donating individuals participating in the grant program under this section for all qualifying expenses; and
“(2) include in each such report—
“(A) the estimated number of all donating individuals participating in the grant program under this section who did not receive reimbursement for all qualifying expenses during the preceding fiscal year; and
“(B) the total amount of funding that is estimated to be necessary to fully reimburse all donating individuals participating in the grant program under this section for all qualifying expenses.”. <all>
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