S 1552
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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
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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
- 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.
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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- Angela D. Alsobrooks
- Michael F. Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory A. Booker
- Christopher A. Coons
- Tammy Duckworth
- Richard J. Durbin
- John Fetterman
- Ruben Gallego
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
- Martin Heinrich
- Tim Kaine
- Mark Kelly
- Andy Kim
- Amy Klobuchar
- Ben Ray Luján
- Jeff Merkley
- Christopher Murphy
- Jon Ossoff
- Alex Padilla
- Gary C. Peters
- Jacky Rosen
- Adam B. Schiff
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Elissa Slotkin
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