119 HR 628 IH: Honor Our Living Donors Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-01-22 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.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 628IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 22, 2025Mr. Obernolte (for himself and Ms. DelBene) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA 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..