S 511 116th Congress Senate Health 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

Living Donor Protection Act of 2019

Introduced: February 14, 2019 Introduced by: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Feb 14, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Feb 14, 2019

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Living Donor Protection Act of 2019

This bill prohibits discrimination based on an individual's status as a living organ donor in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, price, or any other condition of a life-insurance policy, disability-insurance policy, or long-term-care insurance policy.

The bill also specifically includes recovery from organ-donation surgery as a serious health condition that entitles covered private-sector and federal civil-service employees to medical leave.

The Department of Health and Human Services must update public-service announcements, websites, and other media regarding live organ donation to educate the public on the benefits of live organ donation and on access to insurance for living organ donors.

What's happening now February 14, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees of jurisdiction 1