Urgent: Tell Your Senators and Representatives to Cosponsor the Living Donor Protection Act
The Living Donor Protection Act would prohibit life, disability and long-term care insurance companies from discriminating against people who have donated an organ. It would also ensure that living organ donors have Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) protections so they can take time off work to donate an organ and recover from surgery without fear of losing their job.
If passed, this federal legislation would ensure every state has a basic level of protection—so that where a person lives does not make it more difficult to become a living donor.
Please sign to contact your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and ask them to co-sponsor the Living Donor Protection Act, which will ensure that people who give the gift of life are protected from discrimination.
Dear [Legislator],
As your constituent and as someone who has been impacted by kidney disease, I am writing to request that you cosponsor the bipartisan Living Donor Protection Act of 2025 (S. 1552/H.R. 4582 and H.R. 4583). The Living Donor Protection Act would protect those who make the life-saving decision to donate a kidney by ensuring that people who make this courageous choice do not face discrimination by life, disability or long-term care insurers based on their status as a living organ donor.
Collectively, the bills would also enact into law an August 2018 U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) opinion letter that states that organ donation is protected under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). It would ensure an organ donor could take time off from work to donate a kidney and recover from the surgery without fear of losing employment.
These bills together would be an important step toward encouraging kidney donations from living donors, which would expand the number of transplants in our country and provide more people with kidney failure the opportunity to live a life without dialysis. Giving the gift of a kidney is the ultimate selfless act. Those who offer their organ so that others can live more fully should be protected.
Please cosponsor the Living Donor Protection Act (H.R. 4583) and the Living Donor FMLA Protection Act (S. 1552/H.R. 4582).
Sincerely,
[Name]
