March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025
Mr. Luján (for himself and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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.
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 (4224 U.S.C. 274f(e)), as redesignated by section 2(1), 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 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 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 donating individuals participating in the grant program under this section for all qualifying expenses.