Honor Our Living Donors Act

Summary

Prohibits grant recipients who administer Federal living organ donor reimbursement programs from using a transplant recipient’s income when deciding donor reimbursements, removes a previously listed alternative clause in the statute, and requires the Department of Health and Human Services to produce an annual public report on whether grant funding was sufficient to fully reimburse donating individuals in the prior fiscal year, including estimates of unmet reimbursements and the amount needed to cover them.

• Prohibits grant recipients from considering a transplant recipient's income when reimbursing living organ donors.
• Removes a prior alternative clause in the statute that affected the list of prohibited expectations of payment by organ recipients.
• Adds an annual reporting requirement to assess whether grants provided enough funds to fully reimburse donors in the prior fiscal year.
• Annual report must estimate the number of donors not fully reimbursed and the total additional funding needed to cover those shortfalls.
• Requires the Secretary of HHS to publicly post and submit the report to Congress by December 31 each year.
• Renumbers statute subsections and updates cross-references to reflect the new prohibition.
• Does not itself appropriate money; it identifies funding gaps that could inform future budget requests or program changes.
• Increases administrative and compliance duties for grant recipients and oversight duties for HHS.