118 HR 6020 RH: Honor Our Living Donors Act U.S. House of Representatives 2024-07-23 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IBUnion Calendar No. 509118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6020[Report No. 118–611]IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESOctober 24, 2023Mr. Obernolte (for himself and Ms. DelBene) introduced the following billOctober 25, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceJuly 23, 2024Additional sponsors: Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. Davis of North CarolinaJuly 23, 2024Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printedStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italicFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 24, 2023A BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Honor Our Living Donors Act.

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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).

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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).

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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..

July 23, 2024Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed