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US HB7581
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Nicole Malliotakis
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AI Summary
- Establishes an 8-year Medicare demonstration program to pay hospitals for training living kidney donor transplant facilitators, with payments covering reasonable program costs
- Limits eligibility to hospitals that perform kidney transplants, with the program launching within 180 days of enactment
- Trained facilitators will help Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease identify prospective living kidney donors and guide donors through the donation process
- Requires the Secretary of HHS to submit an initial report to Congress 6 years after enactment, covering changes in living donor numbers, transplant volumes, recipient outcomes, and Medicare cost savings
- Mandates three annual follow-up reports after the initial report, with authority granted to waive Medicare provisions as needed for implementation
Legislative Description
LOVE Act Living Organ Volunteer Engagement Act
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
2/13/2026
Committee Referrals
Energy And Commerce2/13/2026
Full Bill Text
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