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HR 6020 118th Congress House Health Congressional oversight Health care costs and insurance Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Honor Our Living Donors Act

Introduced: April 11, 2024 Introduced by: Obernolte, Jay Republican · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 17, 2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 16, 2024
Mr. Bucshon moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 16, 2024
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7170-7171)
Dec 16, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6020.
Dec 16, 2024
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7170)
Dec 16, 2024
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7170)
Dec 16, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 23, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-611.
Jul 23, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509.
Jun 12, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jun 12, 2024
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
May 16, 2024
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 0.
May 16, 2024
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Nov 3, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 24, 2023
Introduced in House
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Honor Our Living Donors Act

This bill modifies certain criteria that is used to determine eligibility under the Living Organ Donation Reimbursement Program, which reimburses organ donors for certain incidental expenses related to organ donation (e.g., travel expenses). 

The bill specifies that the organ recipient's income may not be considered in determining whether an organ donor may be reimbursed under the program. (Currently, an organ recipient's income may not be greater than 350% of the federal poverty guidelines.) Additionally, under the bill, organ donors may be reimbursed regardless of whether the organ recipient pays them (or could be expected to pay them) for their expenses.

The Department of Health and Human Services must report on whether the program adequately covers the expenses of organ donors, and if not, the amount of necessary funding. 

What's happening now December 17, 2024

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

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 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 4 Republican 2
D
Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · May 16, 2024
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 15, 2024
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · May 8, 2024
Phillips, Dean
· May 8, 2024
Bucshon, Larry
· May 6, 2024
Pascrell, Bill
· Apr 11, 2024
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 9, 2024
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Nov 30, 2023
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Oct 24, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6020: Honor Our Living Donors Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6020/
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"H.R. 6020: Honor Our Living Donors Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6020/.
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H.R. 6020, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6020/.
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