S 1552 · 119th Congress · Health

Living Donor Protection Act of 2025

Introduced May 01, 2025 Latest action March 11, 2026 47 cosponsors

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.

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Mar 11, 2026

committee Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Mar 11, 2026

other Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.

Feb 26, 2026

committee Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

May 01, 2025

introduced Introduced in Senate

May 01, 2025

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

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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00 Introduced in Senate May 01, 2025

Living Donor Protection Act of 2025 This bill prohibits life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term insurance carriers from denying or otherwise restricting coverage for living organ donors. Specifically, carriers may not deny, cancel, vary premiums, or otherwise impose conditions on policies 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 living organ donation to include information about the benefits and risks of living organ donation and the impact of donation on insurance access, particularly with respect to the bill's changes.

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+++ Reported (Senate)

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

-[S. 1552 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

+[S. 1552 Reported in Senate (RS)]

<DOC>

+Calendar No. 352

119th CONGRESS

-1st Session

+2d Session

S. 1552

To promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors.

@@ -19,9 +20,19 @@

Mrs. Capito, Mr. King, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr.

Merkley, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Ricketts, Mr.

Tillis, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kelly, Ms.

-Rosen, and Mr. Warnock) introduced the following bill; which was read

-twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and

-Pensions

+Rosen, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Kim, Mr. Peters, Mr. Booker, Mr. Murphy, Mr.

+Boozman, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Justice, Mr. Daines, Ms. Collins, Mr. Bennet,

+Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sheehy, Ms.

+Slotkin, Mr. Marshall, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Tuberville, Ms. Murkowski,

+Mr. Young, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Banks, and Mr. Padilla) introduced the

+following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on

+Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

+March 11, 2026

+Reported by Mr. Cassidy, with an amendment

+[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed

+in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

@@ -31,6 +42,97 @@

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled,

+<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Living Donor Protection Act

+of 2025''.</DELETED>

+<DELETED>SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DENIAL OF COVERAGE OR INCREASE IN

+PREMIUMS OF LIFE OR DISABILITY INSURANCE FOR LIVING ORGAN

+DONORS.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of

+law, an insurer shall not deny coverage, cancel coverage, refuse to

+issue, determine the price or premium for, or otherwise vary any term

+or condition of a life insurance policy, disability insurance policy,

+or long-term care insurance policy for a person based solely, and

+without any actual, unique, and material actuarial risks, on the status

+of such person as a living organ donor.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (b) Enforcement.--A State insurance regulator may take

+such actions to enforce subsection (a) as are specifically authorized

+under the laws of such State.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (c) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (1) Disability insurance policy.--The term

+``disability insurance policy'' means a contract under which an

+entity promises to pay a person a sum of money in the event

+that an illness or injury resulting in a disability prevents

+such person from working.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (2) Life insurance policy.--The term ``life

+insurance policy'' means a contract under which an entity

+promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon

+the death of the insured.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (3) Living organ donor.--The term ``living organ

+donor'' means an individual who has donated all or part of an

+organ and is not deceased.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (4) Long-term care insurance policy.--The term

+``long-term care insurance policy'' means a contract for which

+the only insurance protection provided under the contract is

+coverage of qualified long-term care services (as defined in

+section 7702B(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of

+1986).</DELETED>

+<DELETED>SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF ORGAN DONATION SURGERY AS QUALIFYING

+AS A SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITION UNDER FMLA.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (a) Private Sector Employees.--Section 101(11) of the

+Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(11)) is amended,

+in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(including

+recovery from surgery related to organ donation)'' after ``physical or

+mental condition''.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (b) Federal Civil Service Employees.--</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (1) Definition.--Section 6381(5) of title 5,

+United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding

+subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(including recovery from

+surgery related to organ donation)'' after ``physical or mental

+condition''.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (2) Relationship to organ donor leave.--Section

+6382(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding

+at the end the following: ``An employee who takes any part of

+the 12-week period of leave under subsection (a)(1) to serve as

+an organ donor (including recovery from surgery related to

+organ donation) may elect to substitute, for as much of that

+part as possible, any leave available to the employee under

+section 6327.''.</DELETED>

+<DELETED>SEC. 4. UPDATING OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE BENEFITS AND

+RISKS OF LIVING ORGAN DONATION.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (a) Educational Materials.--</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (1) Review and updating.--Not later than 6 months

+after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

+Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the

+``Secretary'') shall review and update materials related to

+living organ donation in order to educate the public on--

+</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (A) the benefits and risks of living organ

+donation; and</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (B) the impact of living organ donation on

+the access of a living organ donor to

+insurance.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (2) Information on statutory changes.--Such

+updating shall include information regarding the requirements

+under section 2 and the amendments made by section 3.</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (b) Methods of Updating.--In carrying out subsection (a),

+the Secretary shall update, as appropriate--</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (1) public service announcements previously

+provided by the Secretary;</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (2) publicly accessible websites (such as

+organdonor.gov, or a successor website) that are maintained by

+the Secretary and that contain information and resources

+regarding living organ donation; and</DELETED>

+<DELETED> (3) other media, as the Secretary determines

+appropriate.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

@@ -61,8 +163,11 @@

a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of the

insured.

(3) Living organ donor.--The term ``living organ donor''

-means an individual who has donated all or part of an organ and

-is not deceased.

+means an individual who has donated all or part of a human

+organ (as defined in section 301(c)(1) of the National Organ

+Transplant Act (42 U.S.C. 274e(c)(1))) or bone marrow (as

+defined in section 379A-1(2) of the Public Health Service Act

+(42 U.S.C. 274l-1(2))) and is not deceased.

(4) Long-term care insurance policy.--The term ``long-term

care insurance policy'' means a contract for which the only

insurance protection provided under the contract is coverage of

@@ -72,16 +177,19 @@

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF ORGAN DONATION SURGERY AS QUALIFYING AS A

SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITION UNDER FMLA.

-(a) Private Sector Employees.--Section 101(11) of the Family and

-Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611(11)) is amended, in the

-matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(including recovery

-from surgery related to organ donation)'' after ``physical or mental

-condition''.

+(a) Private Sector and Certain Public Sector Employees.--Section

+101(11) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C.

+2611(11)) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by

+inserting ``(including organ donation, preparation for and recovery

+from surgery related to organ donation, and other activities related to

+organ donation)'' after ``physical or mental condition''.

(b) Federal Civil Service Employees.--

(1) Definition.--Section 6381(5) of title 5, United States

Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by

-inserting ``(including recovery from surgery related to organ

-donation)'' after ``physical or mental condition''.

+inserting ``(including organ donation, preparation for and

+recovery from surgery related to organ donation, and other

+activities related to organ donation)'' after ``physical or

+mental condition''.

(2) Relationship to organ donor leave.--Section 6382(d)(1)

of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

the following: ``An employee who takes any part of the 12-week

@@ -89,31 +197,38 @@

donor (including recovery from surgery related to organ

donation) may elect to substitute, for as much of that part as

possible, any leave available to the employee under section

-6327.''.

-SEC. 4. UPDATING OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF

-LIVING ORGAN DONATION.

-(a) Educational Materials.--

-(1) Review and updating.--Not later than 6 months after the

-date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and

-Human Services (in this section referred to as the

-``Secretary'') shall review and update materials related to

-living organ donation in order to educate the public on--

-(A) the benefits and risks of living organ

-donation; and

-(B) the impact of living organ donation on the

-access of a living organ donor to insurance.

-(2) Information on statutory changes.--Such updating shall

-include information regarding the requirements under section 2

-and the amendments made by section 3.

-(b) Methods of Updating.--In carrying out subsection (a), the

-Secretary shall update, as appropriate--

-(1) public service announcements previously provided by the

-Secretary;

-(2) publicly accessible websites (such as organdonor.gov,

-or a successor website) that are maintained by the Secretary

-and that contain information and resources regarding living

-organ donation; and

-(3) other media, as the Secretary determines appropriate.

-<all>

+6327(b)(2).''.

+SEC. 4. UPDATING OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON LIVING ORGAN DONATION.

+(a) Educational Activities and Materials.--Not later than 6 months

+after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and

+Human Services (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary''), in

+coordination with the Secretary of Labor, as appropriate, shall review

+the educational activities and materials pursuant to section 377A of

+the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274f-1), and update such

+activities and materials to include information regarding the

+requirements under section 2 and the amendments made by section 3.

+(b) Outreach.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary may,

+as appropriate, issue public service announcements or update any

+publicly accessible websites or other media maintained by the Secretary

+that contain information and resources regarding living organ donation.

+Calendar No. 352

+119th CONGRESS

+2d Session

+S. 1552

+_______________________________________________________________________

+A BILL

+To promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors.

+_______________________________________________________________________

+March 11, 2026

+Reported with an amendment

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NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION

HCR

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AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS

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UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING

HCR

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AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

HCR

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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY

HCR

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THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

INS

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NONPROFIT KIDNEY CARE ALLIANCE

HCR

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AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND

HCR

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DIALYSIS CLINIC, INC.

HCR

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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

HCR

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