HB 24-1132

House Bill 24-1132, known as the "CARE for Living Organ Donors Act," provides support and recognition for people who donate organs. It requires transplant centers to inform potential donors about available benefits and programs that can help them after donation. The bill also protects organ donors from workplace discrimination or retaliation up to 90 days after their donation. Additionally, it designates April 11 as "Living Organ Donor Recognition Day" each year. Since the governor signed this bill into law on June 3, 2024, its provisions are now in effect and enforceable.

Official Summary

The act, the "CARE for Living Organ Donors Act", includes the following benefits and recognition for living organ donors: A list of provisions in current law, as well as in the act, that may benefit a living organ donor; and A requirement that, at least twice before performing an organ donation recovery operation on a living organ donor donating an organ without an intended recipient, a transplant center shall advise the potential donor that the transplant center or another transplant center in Colorado has or may have an organ voucher program or that a national-level organ voucher program exists or may exist for the organ being donated. Further, the act requires a transplant center to provide information to all organ donors and organ recipients about benefits that may be available at each transplant center in Colorado. The list must be updated at least annually. The act prohibits an employer from intimidating, threatening, coercing, discriminating, or retaliating against or taking an adverse action against an employee, as described in the act, for the period extending 30 days before and 90 days after the employee is or becomes a living organ donor. The act designates April 11 each year as "Living Organ Donor Recognition Day". APPROVED by Governor June 3, 2024 EFFECTIVE June 3, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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