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S 1552 Advanced toward a vote

Bars insurers from denying, canceling, or raising the price of life, disability, or long-term care insurance based solely on a person's status as a living organ donor.

Official title: Living Donor Protection Act of 2025

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
Senate
Introduced 01-MAY-2025
Referred 01-MAY-2025
Approved by committee 26-FEB-2026
Reported 11-MAR-2026
On the calendar 11-MAR-2026
Key points
  • Prohibits insurers from denying coverage, canceling coverage, refusing to issue a policy, or changing the price or terms of life, disability, or long-term care insurance based solely on a person being a living organ donor, unless there is an actual, unique, and material actuarial risk.
  • Allows state insurance regulators to enforce the prohibition using actions their own state laws authorize.
  • Extends Family and Medical Leave Act protections to organ donation, including preparation for and recovery from donation surgery, for private employees and federal civil service employees.
  • Lets federal employees who take organ donor leave substitute other available leave for part of the 12-week period.
  • Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, within 6 months of enactment, to update educational materials on living organ donation, including the new insurance and leave provisions, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor as appropriate.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (01-MAY-2025); the text has changed since (Reported to Senate, 11-MAR-2026).

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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Health

Sponsor Tom Cotton (R-AR) Cosponsors · 50
■ 31 D■ 18 R■ 1 I
1 Independent