Living Donor Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1255
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability assistance
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Life, casualty, property insurance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Living Donor Protection Act of 

2021

 
This bill prohibits certain insurance carriers from discriminating against, and provides other protections for, living organ donors.
 
Specifically, carriers may not deny, cancel, or otherwise impose conditions on policies for life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term care insurance based on an individual's status as a living organ donor.
 
The bill also expressly specifies that recovery from organ-donation surgery constitutes a serious health condition that entitles eligible employees to job-protected medical leave.
 
In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must update educational materials on live organ donation to include information about the benefits of live organ donation and about access to insurance for living organ donors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Education and Labor, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Education and Labor, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Education and Labor, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Education and Labor, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Education and Labor, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in House