Living Donor Protection Act of 2017
Latest action · Mar 17, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Living Donor Protection Act of 2017
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 amends 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.
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.Cosponsors 87
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2017 to Nov 15, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Original | Mar 1, 2017 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| R-IA | David Young | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 4, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Apr 6, 2017 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Apr 17, 2017 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Apr 17, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 17, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Apr 17, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 23, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 23, 2017 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 23, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | May 23, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | May 23, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jun 12, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Jun 12, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 12, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 11, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jul 27, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Aug 29, 2017 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Sep 6, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Tom Marino | Sep 6, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Sep 13, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Sep 13, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Sep 18, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Sep 25, 2017 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Sep 27, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Oct 10, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Oct 10, 2017 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Oct 10, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Nov 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Nov 3, 2017 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Nov 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Nov 15, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Feb 7, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Feb 7, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 20, 2018 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 20, 2018 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Mar 20, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 3, 2018 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | May 10, 2018 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 19, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Jun 26, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jun 26, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Jun 26, 2018 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jun 26, 2018 | |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Jun 28, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Jul 12, 2018 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Jul 16, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jul 18, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jul 26, 2018 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jul 26, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Sep 27, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Sep 27, 2018 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Sep 27, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 26, 2018 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Oct 30, 2018 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 2, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Nov 15, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Nov 15, 2018 |
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 Mar 1, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 17, 2017 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2017 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 1, 2017 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2017 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2017Referred 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 Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 36, March 1, 2017, pages H1464, H1463.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4616 | Living Donor Protection Act of 2016 | Reintroduction of | Feb 26, 2016 |
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 2017
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.
- Mar 1, 2017Introduced 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.
