Living Donor Protection Act of 2014
Latest action · Nov 17, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 30, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Living Donor Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits discrimination based on a person'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.
Revises the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to specifically include living organ donation as a serious health condition that entitles a covered employee to leave under that Act.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to update public service announcements, websites, and other media regarding live organ donation to educate the public on the benefits of live organ donation and access to insurance for living organ donors.Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 30, 2014 to Dec 4, 2014; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Jul 30, 2014 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | Jul 30, 2014 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Jul 30, 2014 |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Aug 1, 2014 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Sep 8, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Sep 8, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Sep 17, 2014 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 17, 2014 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Dec 4, 2014 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Dec 4, 2014 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2014 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 1, 2014 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2014 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jul 30, 2014 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2014 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Nov 17, 2014 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jul 30, 2014 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Aug 1, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 30, 2014Introduced in House
- Jul 30, 2014Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, Education and the Workforce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7127.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote and protect from discrimination living organ donors.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Living Donor Protection Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Disability assistance
- Employee leave
- Government information and archives
- Health
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
