Living Donor Protection Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 2/23/2021
Actions
- 2021-02-23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2021-02-23Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-02-23 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (20)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Patrick Toomey (R-PA)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
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
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